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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7.77 lakh samplings to be planted
A state-wide programme to plant 7.77 lakh saplings to create a green belt in urban areas and thus combat pollution caused by carbon-dioxide emissions, is to be launched on June
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Islands in Gulf of Mannar shifting
Four of the 20 islands, along the stretch of Gulf of Mannar (GoM) which is declared as a National Marine Park (NMP), have been migrating due to industrial pollution and indiscriminate exploitation of
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Many oppose petrochem park
Fishermen from Kattupalli, Ennore and Pilicat areas today voiced their protest against the proposed Petrochem Park adjoining the Ennore Port promoted by the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development
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Steps on to bring down birth rate
Tamil Nadu, the eleventh most populous State in the Country, is working to widen the scope of its voluntary family welfare programme to further reduce its crude birth
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Forest policy on the anvil
The Tamil Nadu Government will formulate a 'State Forest Policy' for management of forest resources, the Minister for PWD and Forests, Mr. Durai Murugan announced in the Assembly
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Petrochemical park
public hearing tomorrow: The Petrochemical Park proposal of the Tamil Nadu Indusrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) comes once again under the spotlight and the future of 7,155 acre-wide verdant
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Fishing in 'polluted waters'
Pollutants let out by industries, municipal sewage, tar, oil, chemical effluents and the filth of Chennai have mauled the once pristine Ennore
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Insulin shortage threatens diabetic patients
Erratic supply of insulin, a life saving drug for diabetic patinets, at Government hospitals in the city have pushed several patients to the precipice of danger to their
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Kasimedu fishing harbour, a health hazard
Unabated encroachments around the Kasimedu fishing harbour continue to pose serious sanitary hazard, even as a high-level US team is scheduled to inspect the area by mid-May.The harbour is the main
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Book on HIV disease released
'HIV disease in India - A Colour Guide', a book to assist medical professionals by providing them with common visual clues that are suggestive of HIV infection, was released by Mr. D Jasper Utley,