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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Penalty to be levied for 'extra' garbage
The Chennai Corporation is planning to levy charges on owners or occupiers of premises in the city for "accumulation of rubbish and filth" beyond reasonable limits outside their places. The penalty
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EDP helps preserve natural resources
With the implementation of the Eco Development Project in villages within five kilometre radious of Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, the pressure on natural resources has been reduced. Thanks to
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Microcredit, a tool to fight poverty
The third global conference of the International Netwok of Alternative Financial Institutions (INAFI) which concluded recently, has reiterated that microcredit is the most powerful tool to fight
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CETPs
dyeing units to seek more time: The Joint Action Committee of the Karur Dyeing and Bleaching Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) has planned to approach the State Government seeking three months
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Ostrich chicks die of enteric problems
Twenty five of the 100 ostrich chicks imported by the Tamil Nadu Veterinary University for research recently have succumbed to enteric problems during the quarantine
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ITTO for sustainable management of tropical forests
Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests through international cooperation and assistance is the main objective of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO), said Dr. Steven
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Felling of trees
3 forest personnel suspended: Mr. Manoj kumar Sarcar, District Forest Officer (DFO), Tirunelveli division, has placed under suspension three forest department staff, including a Forester, in
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Dyeing units yet to install ETPs
A majority of the 600 and odd dyeing and bleaching units in Karur town are yet to get their effluent treatment plants in place even as the six-month reprieve given to them by the Government to
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Solar power fencing to ward off wild animals
The Tamil Nadu Agro Industries Corporation (TAI), a Government of Tamil Nadu undertaking, along with the Forest Department has provided solar power fencing at Sarkar Porathi tribal hamlet to ward off
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Chennai's polluted waterways
more consultancies? As we enter the year 2000, the sotry of Chennai polluted waterways will be recorded as a tragic tale of broken political promises, bureaucratic bungling, lost opportunities and a