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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Team goes to Kerala to seize smuggled sandalwood
A team of police and forest personnel from here have gone to Kerala to seize sandalwood smuggled out of Yercaud. The Deputy Superintendent of police, Illangovan, and the District Forest Officer,
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States to be penalised for default in rural uplift
The centre has decided to crack the whip on the state governments which fail to implement the centrally sponsored rural development programmes in time. It would not give funds for the schemes if the
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TNPCB plans to protect Pallikaranai swamp
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has warned that criminal action will be initiated against those who dump garbage and let out untreated sewage into Pallikaranai wetland
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Movement formed to counter noise pollution
Voice Against Noise, a movement to reduce noise pollution was formed today at the 10th Medical Science Conference, with M. Kumaresan, ENT surgeon, as president. Addressing the conference in Tamil
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Slum board to focus on health issues
The efforts taken by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board on conducting speciality camps in the slum areas were outlined at a meeting held by the
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Ambattur sewerage project to begin in two months
Works on the Rs. 39.6 crore underground sewerage project of the Ambattur Municipality in Tamil Nadu is likely to begin in two months, its chairman, K. Rutmangathan,
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Clean up or close down, ryots tell tanners
" Adopt cleaner technologies or close down your units ". This was the message given by farmers and activists of the Palar basin to tanners at a stakeholders' meet in Tamil
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More penalties in the offing for PUC violators
Even while underscoring the need for tackling automobile emissions by "stirring up civic consciousness", the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Chairperson, Sheela Rani Chunkath, hinted at more
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Form action groups to tackle pollution : Krishna Iyer
The "defeatist syndrome" taking over the minds of people regarding environmental degradation should be resisted, the former supreme court Judge, V.R. Krishna Iyer, said. Criticising the argument that
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Relief fund lying in state kitty
While it proposes to seek a flood relief package from the centre, the Tamil Nadu Government has over Rs. 100 crores left unused from the Natural Calamities Relief Fund.