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
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, has written to the President, the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, seeking their intervention to cancel the Union Environment Ministry's
While most residents in the vicinity of tanks and lakes urge the Tamil Nadu state government to protect the source of recharging groundwater and improving the quality of water drawn from their wells,
More than a year after the Madras High Court asked the Tamil Nadu government to take action against those who manufactured/sold/exhibited packaged drinking water without the mandatory BIS
Management of water bodies is best left to local communities, Ramon Magsaysay awardee, Rajendra Singh, who was in the Chennai city as part of his "Rashtriya Jal Chetna Yatra" said. Tamil Nadu is the
The discharge of sewage and effluents, the settlements that have come up along the embankments, and indiscriminate fishing pose a serious threat to the eco systems of the Manali and Madhavarm jheels,
Faced with depleting storage and rising demand, Chennai's water managers are working on a Rs 55 crore plan to sustain supply for the next five or six months. "More and more private wells of
Drinking water supply to thousands of residents in southern suburban areas was severely contaminated with a chemical dumped by a tanker lorry. Some of them fell ill today after using Palar water for
With water levels of many reservoirs hitting the bottom, taps go dry and the summer turning into yet another scorcher, several parts of Tamil Nadu are reeling under one of the worst drinking water
The importance of governance in water related issues was among the points raised by participants at a media workshop in Chennai. A Vaidyanathan, Professor Emeritus of the Madras Institute of
All southern States, including Karnataka, have agreed to "participate" in a mega project on interlinking peninsular and southern rivers and detailed report will be brought out in a few weeks,