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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Campaign to increase green cover
Giving a boost to tree planting activity in the city, a voluntary organisation in Mandaveli has announced that it will make available saplings to the public as part of a campaign to increase green
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State-wide campaign to contain malaria
As most parts of the Tamil Nadu continue to be relatively free from mosquitoes due to the intensity of summer, the Directorate of Public Health (DPH) records indicate that in the first quarter of
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Rs. 150 cr. flood relief schemes this year
The Tamil Nadu State Government has planned to execute a set of schemes to provide flood relief to Chennai and its suburbs this year at a cost of about Rs. 150 crores, the Public Works Minister, Mr.
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'Theme care centre' mooted to combat AIDS
The New Life Trust, an NGO entrusted with a project to combat AIDS, is advocating a 'theme care centre' to tackle the spectre of AIDS haunting Namakkal for the past few years. It had estimated that
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Gujarat to launch malaria forecasting centre
The Gujarat Government proposed to launch a "Malaria forecasting and Training Centre" with financial aid from the British Council to take preventive measures against the disease, the Health Minister,
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India to back international conventions on child labour
India has proposed to work towards different sets of norms for developed and developing countries with regards to fundamental human rights at work at the plenary session of the 86th International
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Pilot garbage project Nungambakkam soon
A CMDA working group on organic waste management will operate a pilot project on 'zero garbage' in Nungambakkam zone as part of a plan to tackle garbage generation at source. The experiment will be
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Pilot study soon on hospital waste disposal
A pilot study to examine the feasibility of integrated disposal of hospital waste is being undertaken by the Sustainable Chennai Project, as part of a scheme to reduce waste and handle it
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Tree felling rampant on Chengalpattu-Tindivanam NH
Rampant cutting of trees on the National highways between Chengalpattu and Tindivanam poses a grave ecological danger, activists have said. The pace of tree cutting along the National Highway 45
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Govt. move awaited on sewerage network
Local body chairpersons and residents eagerly await a formal Government decision on methods for implementing a massive underground sewerage network project in three muncipalities south of