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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Greenbelt scheme completed in a hurry
The final phase of much publicised ' Greenbelt Scheme' taken up in the Chennai city and its suburbs by the Forest Department, seems to have been in a hurry. As part of the last leg of the Union
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High Court restraint on TNPCB
The Madras High Court has restrained the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, till April 25, from initiating any panel action against petrol bunks, which were issued show-cause notice for procedural
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Activists oppose amendments to CRZ laws
Environmental and fishermen activists in Tamil Nadu have protested the amendments sought to be brought forth by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to the coastal regulatory zone(CRZ) laws.
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Call to develop medicinal plants
A two-day international seminar on medicinal plants, which concluded in Tamil Nadu, urged the Central and State Governments to take necessary steps for the development and cultivation of medicinal
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Healthcare must focus on prevention of diseases: Semmalai
With the increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases and the consequent high morbidity rate, focus on healthcare will now have to shift to prevention and cure of these diseases, the Health
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Small farmers will be actively involved : CM
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today assured the Assembly that small and medium farmers would be actively involved in the 'ambitious' wasteland development
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Packaged drinking water : will BIS norms be met?
The question mark hovering over the quality of packaged drinking water might finally find its answer, if the Tamil Nadu state government persists with its recent resolve to crack down on
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Steps needed to control animal population
The Central Zoo Authority of India has identified some of the species which are kept in excess number in the zoological parks throughout the country tigers, hybrid lions, spotted deer, sambar, black
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TNPCB to intensify campaign against noise pollution
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is commemorating the International Noise Awareness Day(April 24) with an intensive awareness campaign against noise
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' Effluents contaminating groundwater '
Residents of Thumbhavanam in Tamil Nadu are sore over contamination of groundwater in their area and allege it was due to discharge of effluents into the open by a private factory. The residents said