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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Project to discharge tannery waste water into sea
Tanneries in Tamil Nadu are meeting the standards laid down by the State Pollution Control Board, except in the case of totally dissolved solids (TDS), Mr. M.M. Hashim, Chairman, Council for Leather
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SC directive to Govt. on forest land encroachment
Mr. T. L. Kundan. the Tamil Nadu Forest Staff Association, Gudalur Chapter President, has in a statement, said, "On an interlocutory, application filed by Mr. T.N. Gadavarman Thirumalpad in W.P.(C)
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Hygiene certificate for city hotel
The '5 G' Hotel Hygiene Certificate, a five grade testimony for hygiene and cleanliness of the Exnora International, was presented to Hotel Park Sheraton today at a function. The certification has
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Eco-friendly incinerator commissioned
An "eco-friendly incinerator" for combustion of non-compostable garbage has been commissioned at the Akshaya Colony in Anna Nagar West as part of its Zero Garbage Plant.The exercise marks the launch
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HIV cases on the rise in State
The overall HIV prevalence in Tamil Nadu at present is as high as 1.8 per cent, which is more than what has been previously feared, according to a study conducted by the AIDS Prevention and Control
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Chital population goes up by leaps and bounds in Mudumalai sanctuary
A census conducted recently by the Wildlife Wing of the Forest Department there, in association with the Nilgiris Wildlife and Environment Association(NWLEA), the Bombay Natural History Society
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Rise in diabetes cases in T.N.
The incidence of diabetes has assumed epidemic proportions in Tamil Nadu which calls for speedy measures such as training a large number of specialists to treat the affected persons and launching of
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Over 100 trees disappear from lake
Amidst allegations of systematic encroachment by land sharks, over 100 trees have disappeared from the 47-acre Doddanekkundi Lake at Kaggadaspura near the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Flanked by
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Karur to have pollution testing lab
The TN Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will soon establish a testing lab at Karur, announced Mr. Pongalur N. Palanisamy, Minister for Forests and Environemnt, here on
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Pipeline planned to carry discharge
The Pallavaram Municipality will have to provide an eight km pipeline from the proposed sewer treatment plant (STP) at Keezhkattalai to the Buckingham Canal to ensure 'safe passage' of its sewer