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
Hindu (Chennai)
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Vultures sighted in The Nilgiris
Presence of vultures in at least half a dozen areas has been recorded for the first time by naturalists in the Nilgiris North Forest Division and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) during a two-day habitat
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Mettur–Salem Dedicated Water Supply Scheme: trial run begins
Salem city will get an additional 80 million litres every day The trial run began here with water pumped and transmitted through the pipeline for about 7 k.m. of the Rs. 320 crore Mettur—Salem Dedicated Water Supply Scheme and is expected to be completed in two days. Once it is successfully completed, the city would get an additional 80 million litres of water everyday.
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Tribal people stage demonstration
Having submitted several representations to officials at various levels and staged different forms of agitations in vain scores of Betta Kurumbas, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), of Allur
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NHAI plants 6,242 saplings in seven days
HC appreciates media for supporting the cause The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday informed the Madras High Court Bench here that it had planted 6,242 saplings on the highways within the territorial jurisdiction of the Bench in just seven days from February 15.
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Pulse polio drops administered to over four lakh children in two districts
Mobile teams deployed to administer drops in remote areas Over 4.13 lakh children below the age of five were administered oral polio vaccine at the intensive pulse polio campaign held in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts on Sunday.
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Residents raise a stink about effluent treatment plant plan
Residents of Cuddalore town have protested a proposal of the textile and the knitwear industries to set up a common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in the coastal area . The Federation of All Residents’Associations,
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“Kudankulam unit has got distinction of producing maximum power’’
It has produced 69 crore units since inception in October 2013. The first unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) has, so far, produced 69 crore units of power ever since production started in October
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Energy saving, highlight of Salem budget
Rs. 4.30-crore deficit budget presented. Efforts will be on to save energy by replacing the 19,193 sodium vapour street lamps to light emitting diode (LED), enhance solar power generation and also extend
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Awareness rallies on safe drinking water held
Awareness rallies on ensuring safe drinking water were flagged off by the district collectors T.P. Rajesh in Krishnagiri and K. Vivekanandan in Dharmapuri on Thursday. During the week-long campaign, water
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Planning Commission begins rating of States
The Planning Commission has started rating all the States based on six parameters to enable the States to improve the regulatory ecosystem for manufacturing, said Planning Commission Member Arun Maira