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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Residents to boycott elections on encroachment issue
Residents of Kambar Street in Ezhilnagar, Vellore, numbering about 400 have decided to boycott the parliamentary elections on April 24 in protest against the “failure” of the authorities to take action
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NGT calls for scientific disposal of sanitary pads
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, has ordered notice to manufacturers of leading sanitary napkin companies to respond to an activist’s plea on evolving a scientific and eco-friendly disposal
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Garbage enclosures in Chennai pose new problem
The garbage enclosures are being used as public conveniences in several places The grouping of garbage bins by installing enclosures may have partly helped in covering up overflowing garbage from public eye, but it has resulted in nuisance of a different kind.
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Marginal capacity addition casts a shadow over wind energy
In the last two years, wind mills of a mere 282 MW were commissioned Is the end of Tamil Nadu’s wind power “growth story” in sight? In a State that witnessed an unprecedented growth in the sector of wind energy not long ago, capacity addition during the just-concluded financial year of 2013-2014 was marginal, with 107 megawatt (MW).
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Combined installed solar power capacity up to 101 MW
A slowdown in the growth of wind power in Tamil Nadu may not mean the same for another area of renewable energy. The State witnessed the highest quantum of capacity addition in solar power. In the
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Water scarcity may increase man-animal conflict
Water troughs created in dry patches in sanctuaries and national parks Increased heat wave conditions, dry weather clubbed with water shortage may lead to more man-animal conflict this season, say the Forest Department sources.
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Board to study pollution at city dumping yards
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will soon install three stations to continuously monitor ambient air quality in the city. “Orders have already been placed for the equipment costing Rs.
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Students document need to create a plastic-free environment
Students of Fatima College have produced a documentary to create awareness of the need for creating a plastic-free environment. “A Clarion Call,” the documentary, produced by first year postgraduate students of English department, in association with DHAN Foundation, was released by Jospin Nirmala Mary, Principal, and Francis Pauline, secretary of Fatima College, here on Wednesday.
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Signature campaign launched against mining project
Kavuthi-Vediyappan Protection Federation has launched signature campaign against the Iron ore mining project in Kavuthi-Vediyappan hills near here. The campaign was formally launched in Inam Kariyandal,
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Farmers urge political parties to promise a say in policy matters
CIFA calls for 40 per cent grant to promote nature farming As the Lok Sabha elections are round the corner, the Consortium of Indian Farmers’ Associations (CIFA) has urged the political parties to give a promise to the farming community to the effect that they would get a say in policy formulation, and planning and implementation of the farm-related programmes.