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
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) has caught the fancy of slum dwellers too. At Kuyil Thottam, a slum colony in Santhome in Chennai, a section of the residents say henceforth they will depend less on
Even as they grapple with irritants, firms seeking to promote usage of LPG as automobile fuel are looking forward to their meeting with the Chief Secretary on Wednesday. The meeting, more a
"We can assure continous water supply thanks to rainwater harvesting systems (RWH) in our complexes," says a builder who has been using the '24-hour water supply' catchline as an effective selling
Utilise the services of religious leaders and priests to spread the message of rainwater harvesting and water conservation among the public, Dr R. Sakthivadivel, Senior Irrigation Specialist,
The Velachery residents in Chennai today launched a project to clean up three tanks in the area and implement rain water harvesting mechanism to meet the drought-like situation. Work began on
A citizens' forum with the former Collector of erstwhile North Arcot district, Mr. D. Gangappa, as convener has been launched in Vellore for conducting a campaign to persuade the Central and State
Water managers of the southern suburbs of Chennai are keeping their fingers crossed on the sustainability of the sub-surface water at the head-works of the Palar bed, with depletion of the
The Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) has proposed to restore the wetlands through a trial project in four States. Speaking to The Hindu, Dr. V.S. Vijayan, Director, the
A special train, ferrying water from Mettur to Chennai, was flagged off by the Salem Collector, Mr. N. Dhananjayan, at the Mettur thermal station in Mettur at 4.15 p.m. on Thursday.The train is
The stalemate over the execution of the Rs. 1,700-crore National River Conservation Programme (NRCP) in several cities and town of Tamil Nadu appears to have been ended. The issue is over the