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
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Panchayat makes a mark in solid waste management
Puliyur town panchayat has made a sound beginning in solid waste management by generating revenue from the waste collected from the public. Though several other panchayats have already forayed into
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Project to raise forest trees with Government subsidy a success
More than 50,000 malaivembu seedlings were distributed to private farms The Bio-Diversity and Greening Project of raising forest trees in private farms in the villages abutting the reserve forests with
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Agitation over Land Acquisition Bill: 43 farmers court arrest
A total of 43 persons belonging to the Tamil Nadu Vivasyigal Sangam affiliated to the Left ideology were arrested here on Tuesday when they tried to burn copies of the amendments to the Land Acquisition
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TNPCB ignored violations by tanneries
Questions have been raised about the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s virtual clean chit to the tanneries in a report last year after 10 workers died on Friday at a tannery in Ranipet in Vellore district;
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Interest on bio surfactants on the rise: scientist
Environmental hazards of synthetic surfactants (Chemical agents that reduce surface tension that are used in detergents, cosmetics etc) cause increased interest on bio surfactants, said Ashok Pandey, scientist
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NGT cracks the whip on quarries near Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
Over three dozen illegal quarries on the fringes of the Sathyamagalam Tiger Reserve (STR), which for years have been the source of polluting stone dust and constant din, will have to now close down operations.
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Environmentalists against new units in SIPCOT
The protest against the expansion of the existing units or setting up of new units in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here is getting louder with passage of time. For instance, the Consumer Federation Tamil
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Coastal sand mining: Govts. asked to respond
The Madras High Court has directed the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government to respond to a public interest litigation petition seeking a SIT probe into illegal beach sand mining in the State. The petitioner,
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Prey base vital to sustain tiger population, say wildlife experts
ATR to take up fodder plantation on 250 acres this year. Even as there is considerable joy at the increase in tiger population at the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), a trend reflected at the national level
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Collector’s directive to people for a clean environment
District Collector A. Gnanasekaran has asked people of Nallavanpalayam village to keep their surroundings clean and tidy in order to prevent outbreak of communicable diseases. Addressing at their Gram