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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Forum for uniform ban on marine fishing
The National Fish Workers Forum favours formulation of a Central Marine Fisheries Regulation Act promulgating a uniform 90 day ban on marine fishing. The ban, encompassing the Exclusive Economic
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Vaccine for goat disease
The Agriculture Ministry has authorised commercial production of a peste-des-petits ruminants(PPR) vaccine developed by Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. The PPR is a highly
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Ban on plastics timely : NGOs
Environmentalists and Non Governmental Organisations alike have welcomed the government initiative in introduction of the Tamil Nadu Plastic Articles of Sale, Storage, Transport and Use Bill, which
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Chromium detected in Adyar river
The detection of chromium in the Adyar river near Anakaputhur on the Chennai city outskirts has alarmed pollution watchdogs as much as it has pointed out a drawback in the system of common effluent
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Habitat degradation a threat to lion-tailed macaques
Rampant habitat degradation is posing a threat to the survival of the Lion Tailed Macaques(LTM), one of the most endangered primates. The warden of the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary, V. Ganesan,
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TNPCB directive to CETP
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has directed the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Pammal, Pallavaram and Thiruneermalai to instal reverse osmosis plant to eliminate the
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Study to focus on environment
Priority will be given to a possible impact of the multicrore Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project on environment in the Gulf of Mannar when the Nagpur based National Environmental Engineering Research
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Veterinarians working overtime to save sheep, goats
Over 110 sheep and goats have perished at the Kattupakkam Research Station of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University during the past two weeks and veterinarians are working overtime
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Wildlife population healthy at Top Slip
The wildlife population at the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary was found to be healthy and intact during a recent estimation, the Warden of the sanctuary, V. Ganesan, said in Coimbatore
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Scheme to prevent pollution
To prevent pollution of rivers, a Rs. 575 crore scheme to treat sewage is being implemented in a few select municipalities, the Director of the Department of Environment, Balaji, said in Tamil Nadu