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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Black buck population up at Point Calimere
The Black buck population has shown an increasing trend over the last one year at Point Calimere Wild Life Sanctuary near Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district resulting in a healthy male-female ratio
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Campaign against plastic pollution
"Save Kodai" and "Save Ooty" campaign , a three-day awareness programme of the Children's Nature Conservation Movement, mainly aimed at eradicating the plastic waste from the two hill stations, is to
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Environment Ministry forms panel on East Coast Road
The Union Minitry of Environment and Forests has constituted an experts committee to review some of the conditions attached to the "environmental clearance" for the East Coast Road (ECR) project in
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TNAU introduces new 'paddy harvester'
An indigenous 'paddy harvester', designed by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), was introduced to the farmers of Madurai region at a training-cum-demonstration session organised by the
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The baby and the bath-water
Industries in Tamil Nadu have the unique and dubious distinction of being hit en bloc twice by court orders for violation of environmental laws. Sometime in 1996 the Supreme Court ordered the closure
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Goal set to reduce infant mortality rate
The Tamil Nadu State Government has initiated steps in collaboration with the UNICEF to provide effective care of the new borns in both the urban and rural areas, according to Dr. Aiyadurai, director
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Green Bench order puts entrepreneurs in a fix
The recent directive given by the Green Bench to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to seal immediately highly polluting units located within one-km radius of water sources, has baffled
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Dyeing units yet to install ETPs
A number of dyeing and bleaching units that have opted for individual effluent treatment plants (ETPs) in Karur area are yet to take up work for installing them. Of about 600 units, 434 had chosen to
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NEERI team completes study at Sterlite plant
The National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) team of experts completed their study on the environmental aspects of the Sterlite copper unit on Sunday evening. Pursuant to the
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Forest dept. booklet on Guindy National Park
In an effort to eduacate the people about various flora and fauna found inside the Guindy National park (GNP), the lung of Chennai, and to create and awareness among the children, the Wildlife