Groundwater level has increased by 0.6 metres
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
As official agecies pursue a weak rainwater harvesting programme, there is now fresh reason for the average Chennai resident to feel jittery about an alarming decline in groundwater quality, evidence
Representatives of more than 45 residents' welfare associations and citizens met the Corporation Commissioner, M.P. Vijayakumar in the 'face-to-face' programme organised at Ripon Buildings to present
The Tamil Nadu State Government has to initiate the "reform process" in the irrigation sector. This is one of the key messages a World Bank team, on a recent visit to Tamil Nadu has delivered. In
An inverted umbrella that collects rainwater, a little boy who collects water in boots, a policeman who makes his helmet a rainwater container. New motifs are emerging in the Rainwater Harvesting
Sand quarrying operators are indiscriminate and residents are helpless. But the government machinery is what it should not be indifferent and mute spectator to glaring violations. And in the face of
The Tamil Nadu state government might be, at least seemingly, straining every nerve to ensure that people in the city and suburbs do not go thirsty as the summer temperature reaches its peak. Apart
The difficult summer in Chennai is burning a hole in residents pocket as they depend more on packaged water and private tanker services, even as piped Metrowater supply is failing in 'tail-ends' in
A Bill to revise motor vehicle tax for maxi-cabs, school and college buses and private service vehicles, to impose a new green tax on old motor vehicles and to levy a six per cent lifetime tax on
Residents in some parts of Park Town, Tamil Nadu who wake up by 4.30 a.m. to take to the handpumps, have been appalled at the strong yellow colour of the water and accompanying stench for more than a
The pollution under control certificate will soon be made mandatory for all vehicles plying in the entire Tamil Nadu state. As of now, the certificate is mandatory only for vehicles operating in five