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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- Massive tree-planting project in city
As part of the Golden jubilee celebration of Independence, the Forest Department plans to launch a massive tree planting campaign in the city. As many as two lakh saplings are to be planted in
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- Slum dwellers' scheme gets boost with more grant
Work for developing a massive slum dwellers rehabilitation scheme at suburban Okkiyam Thoraipakkam has received a boost with the state authorities getting Union Government sanction for an additional
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- Bid to form National Pollution Prevention roundtable
Efforts are on to establish a National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) for the country, to address problems of industry and environment, it was stated recently at a conference on the subject.
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- Plea for clear policy to protect fishermen
The Chennai-based NGO, Coastal Action Network(CAN), has called upon political parties to come out with a clear policy to protect the country's coastline and the livelihood of coastal people.
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Indo-Australian scheme cuts chromium pollution
A pioneering Indo-Australian project on chromium pollution had led several tanning industries to recycle industrial waste and use it to grow suitable trees, flowers and salt-tolerant cultivated
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Private firms invited for solid waste disposal
In an attempt at getting over resource problems for managing urban solid waste in the metropolis, the Government has invited private operators for disposal of the waste generated from three suburban
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Excess animals in zoo to be sent into wild
The officials of the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai are chalking out plans to reintroduce some of the "excess population of animals" back into the
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Sustainable solid waste management
Any sustainable urban development plan for the Chennai metropolitan area must focus sharply on improving sanitation and involve a coalition of the agencies concerned. This forms the theme of a
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Prevent deforestation, HC tells Govt.
The Madras High Court while directing the State Government to set up a Special Task Committee(STC) to prevent deforestation in the Tirupattur area, held that no sincere effort or strategy had been
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PCB given liberty to re-start dyeing units
The Green Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday gave liberty to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to permit 434 dyeing and bleaching units in Karur town, which were among the 606 units