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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Heaps of waste and choking smoke leave residents huffing and puffing
Huge heaps of garbage lying on the roadside and the vacant plots of Kodeeswaran Nagar and its burning in an unsafe manner at the spot itself are causing serious health hazards to the residents for the
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PCB emphasises on biodegradable material for Vinayaka idols
Statue makers say use of the banned plaster of Paris is “inevitable" The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has advocated making of idols of Lord Ganesh with biodegradable products such as sago pith
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Air pollution hits salt pans
Salt produced in various parts of Tuticorin is exposed to air pollution. The quality of salt is thus degraded, said A.R.A.S. Dhanabalan, secretary, Tuticorin Small Scale Salt Manufacturers Association,
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Tamil Nadu to launch baby care kit scheme
Tamil Nadu’s latest health care initiative comes packed compact in a small kit box. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced on the floor of the Assembly that the government would provide an Amma
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Plea to close down dyeing units violating pollution control norms
Environment activists and groundwater protectionists from Arulpuram area submitted a representation to Collector G. Govindaraj on Monday asking the administration to close down those individual dyeing
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Implement Recognition of Forest Rights Act
South Zone-level Tribal Meet 2014 organised in Salem Various tribal associations have demanded that Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 be
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Possibility of Ebola spreading to India is low
In the wake of the admission of a 25-year-old man, who returned from Guinea in Africa on Saturday, to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here and his discharge on Sunday afternoon after blood
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Tougher steps to prevent pollution on the anvil
New buildings will be constructed to house Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board offices and laboratories in seven centres across the State during 2014-15 at a cost of Rs. 14 crore, Environment Minister Thoppu
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Parking fares should be on a par with real estate rates, environmentalist Sunita Narain says
Environmentalist and writer Sunita Narain on Wednesday said parking charges should be on a par with the real estate prices in the area. "Why should parking be so cheap or free? Can we run offices like
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HC criticises government for using machines in sand mining
The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday criticised the State government for using machineries to quarry sand from riverbeds “perhaps under pressure from lorry owners” and for not disclosing the correct