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
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Corporation to privatise waste management in all four zones
DMK members oppose the move citing earlier ‘bitter’ experience The Vellore Corporation is to privatise solid waste management- right from garbage clearance and up to segregation and generation of compost- in all its four zones.
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Follow guidelines before drilling borewells, says Collector
Signboards with details of landowner and drilling agency should be placed The Supreme Court has issued certain guidelines to be followed for drilling borewells in order to stop fatal accidents because of unsafe ones. Hence, those who want to drill borewells should get permission, said Collector S. Nagarajan.
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Spotlight on boosting rooftop solar energy systems soon
Tangedco to implement the Generation-Based Incentive Scheme Installation of rooftop solar energy systems is expected to get a boost as the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) will soon start implementing the Generation-Based Incentive Scheme announced in the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy.
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Ban dumping of garbage in Palar, say activists
“No action taken despite repeated representations” Volunteers of Palar Padhugappu Vizhippunarvu Iyakkam (Palar Protection Awareness Movement), Vellore district, residents of Kangeyanallur, members of women self-help groups, male youths and students staged a demonstration in front of the Vellore district office of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) at Gandhinagar here on Wednesday.
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48 teams embark on census in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
The Forest Department on Tuesday deployed 48 teams into the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve for undertaking tiger census in the seven ranges in Sathyamangalam and Hasanur divisions on an expanse of 1,400
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Integrated waste mgmt. strategy nears completion
The city is all set to adopt an integrated solid waste management strategy to cope with emerging challenges to implementation of projects. A meeting to finalise the report on integrated solid waste management strategy was held on Tuesday with international consultants of Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), a regional initiative that provides assistance to Asian cities to bridge the gap between their development plans and the implementation of their infrastructure projects.
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Tiger pugmark, scat collected as census begins at KMTR
Population of panthers, other carnivores, and herbivores to be ascertained As the integrated census of tigers living in Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) commenced on Tuesday, a group of volunteers scanning an area at Kalakkad division collected the pugmark of a big cat.
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Wildlife census begins at Point Calimere sanctuary
It is based on ‘direct-transect count’ methodology A two-day census operation to enumerate wildlife commenced at Point Calimere wildlife sanctuary to coincide with the all-India tiger census in tiger habitats across the country.
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GH to seek civic body support for green toilets
Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital authorities will soon send a request to Chennai Corporation for green toilets on its premises. Soon after the launch of Amma Canteen at the hospital, the toilets near it were shut down citing maintenance of hygiene.
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Industries evince interest in solar power plants
It is over a year since the State Government announced the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy and industries here are evincing interest in setting up solar energy systems. A handful of textile mills, powerloom and engineering units here have installed solar power systems during the last one year. These are either connected to the grid or used for captive needs.