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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- Census of birds shows high bio-diversity
A first-of-its kind census conducted in the wetlands and birds sanctuaries in Tiruvarur, Thanjavur and Perambalur districts by the Forest department and students and environmentalists from various
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- Tea research to focus on mechanisation
Though India continues to have the largest acreage under tea- 4.18 lakh hectares - the planters are dogged with problems such as the rising cost of production and wages for labour. Many of the tea
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Call for sanctuary at Meghamalai
Meghamalai in the Western Ghats has to be declared a sanctuary at the earliest, if further deterioration of the forests in the region has to be halted, it has been stressed by the Tamil Nadu Green
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- BARC develops 'plaque' to treat eye tumours
The Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Bombay in association with the Sankara Netralaya here, has developed the prototype of a radio-active "plaque" to be used for treating tumours of the eye.The small
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- Pollutants pose threat to Marina
The Marina beach, an important landmark of Chennai, may become out of bounds for pleasure-seekers if the discharge of pollutants by the Adyar and Cooum rivers into the sea goes on unchecked. These
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- TNAU project on agri simultation
A research project to simulate agricultural output during variations in weather and agri-resources and crop prices, will be carried out by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University(TNAU), at a cost of
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- Tribals employed as forest watchers
With a view to protecting the sandalwood wealth in the State and involve the local tribals in the process, the State Forest Department has employed nearly 60 tribal men and women as watchers on a
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- Stray dogs to be sterilised
As part of the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme, stray dogs in T.Nagar area will be sterilised, given anti-rabies vaccine and tagged with Corporation licence during a three-month project slated
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- Poaching - elephantine threat in Nilgiris
The man-wild animal conflict in an ecologically-sensitive Nilgiris district is nearing a crisis and if the govenment does not strengthen the hands of the wildlife wing of the Forest department and
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-Carcasses dumped in reserve forest
Carcasses are being dumped in the Thirupporur reserve forest on the city outskirts. Of late, in the first week of February, carcasses were dumped 1.5 km from the main road in the reserve forest,