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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Foundries must be removed from red category
The Central Government must remove the foundries from "red category" as they are not highly polluting as believed to be.There are in fact, no effluents and only emissions which could be easily
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Campaign against land degradation from today
A campaign against land degradation and desertification in South Tamil Nadu would be launched from tomorrow from Devadanapatti in Theni district by the Participatory Action Collective, Tamil
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Contact established with oil tanker
The Coast Guard today established contact with the oil tanker adrift in the Bay of Bengal and continued operation to bring the vessel to the Chennai port, averting a major ecological disaster. Two
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Forest protection squad formed at Villupuram
A forest protection squad has been formed at Villupuram, to monitor the movement of sandalwood in the villages on the Tamil Nadu-Pondicherry border.Consisting of a Ranger, two Foresters and an equal
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NGOs form federation to eradicate bonded labour
A group of NGOs, which were involved in conducting a survey in various parts of the Kerala to identify bonded labourers, have formed a federation for eradicating bonded labour in the State and has
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Call for people's participation in DPAP
"People-centred planning" alone can combat desertification and drought. For this, the Government should make it mandatory that all programmes to combat desertification should involve local people,
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Transport of effluents by tankers
batik units' plea: The Erode Screen Printers' Association wanted dyers to be permitted to transport effluents through tankers to the common effluent treatment plants. At the association's annual
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Afforestation project transforms villagers' lives
The Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project has caused a remarkable change in the lives of the villages of Thudukkanahalli in Krishnagiri taluk.According to an official press release, the project which is
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Proposal for AIDS cell
The Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society has asked the Chennai Corporation to form a society for concentrating on the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the city. The anti-AIDS activities in the entire
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Widespread pollution noticed in Adyar river
What was considered a less polluted waterway of Chennai till now, the Adyar river appears to be becoming another large sullage carrier. For the last 15 days, pollution of the water in the river in