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
Jayalalithaa seeks Manmohan's intervention As Karnataka is planning to construct a dam across Thenpennar, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to stop the project. Responding to a calling attention motion, PWD Minister K.V. Ramalingam said the Chief Minister had also asked the Prime Minister to ensure that Karnataka was not allowed to implement any project without the knowledge of Tamil Nadu.
Tiger Reserve status accorded for the 1.40 lakh hectares of Sathyamangalam with 90,000 hectares as core zone is a shot in the arm for conservation of rare flora and fauna besides combating the pressures of poaching as the Sathyamangalam valley is on the State border. Welcoming the decision of the Union Government, president of Osai (an NGO involved in conservation) K. Kalidasan said that the status will go a long way in getting the required funds and undivided attention.
With special focus on solar energy, the State government has come out with the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012 and also taken several other measures to boost solar energy generation in the State. At a meeting organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore, here on Saturday, Electricity Minister Natham R. Viswanathan said that all new government buildings would go in for solar energy. Houses constructed under the Green House Scheme also went in for solar power. Further, the government was installing one lakh solar street lights.
Officials step up checking to identify illegal connections and to seize motor pumps A survey conducted by the municipal corporation has revealed that 21 wards are facing drinking water scarcity. Of the 100 wards of the civic body, 79 wards do not experience water crisis while the rest need immediate attention from the authorities. Mayor V.V. Rajan Chellappa had a meeting on Friday with councillors and Assistant Engineers to discuss the water availability and supply scenario.
A study of the slum population in Chennai Corporation limits has revealed that 34 per cent have high blood pressure levels. A total of 1,003 persons in the 17 to 89 age group were screened of which 345
A pilot scheme to ensure a stable income for farmers in the long run is to be implemented in Villupuram district at a cost of Rs 15 crore. Agriculture Minister S. Damodaran told the Assembly on Friday
Farmers hopes soar seeing the success of watershed projects in arid areas. The arid tracts of Madurai district are gradually turning fertile. The district has 1 lakh hectares of cultivable land spread
With the ground water table depleting rapidly in view of the drought like conditions, Tiruchi Corporation has just begun to dig additional borewells on the river bed. Next summer, it will most likely be
BHEL’s Power Plant Piping Unit (PPPU) at Thirumayam in Pudukkottai district, which began trial production a year ago, has begun reaching out to the beneficiaries as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility
Demand for water has increased manifold. Kodaikanal is facing acute water crisis owing to failure of monsoon and rapidly depleting storage level in the dam near Kodaikanal Observatory, the main drinking