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'Don't want eco park, just save Peerkankaranai Lake', urge locals
The plan to convert Peerkankaranai Lake into an eco park has remained on paper for the last 6 years. Despite encroachments rising, and water hyacinth...
Tamil Nadu mulls AI 'eye' to monitor water quality, encroachment of...
5 July 2024 1:30 AMTN-SWIP to check encroachments of waterbodies, quality of water
Urban jungle built atop waterbodies
19 Dec 2023 1:30 AMLack of desilting of lakes and ponds in the city, encroachments and uncontrolled urbanisation around them, and the insufficient number of check dams...
Drains of Chola era have formula to tackle floods
18 Dec 2023 1:30 AMThe devastation of Chennai by Cyclone Michaung has turned the focus of all sections on a better stormwater drain network that can offer a lasting and...
Immerse only Vinayagar idols made of ecofriendly materials: TNPCB
4 Sept 2023 10:35 AMCHENNAI: With Vinayagar Chathurthi two weeks away, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has instructed devotees to immerse only idols made...
Community leaders to help resurrect missing waterbodies
20 Jun 2023 1:15 AMRestoring disappeared waterbodies would recharge groundwater and provide drinking water to local communities, besides boosting water-based...
Court seeks status report on drowning cases in waterbodies
3 Dec 2019 7:28 PMThe Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to submit a status report on the measures being taken to prevent accidental deaths by...
Downpour pushes up storage level in most dams
14 Dec 2019 9:24 PMSeveral parts of Madurai and parts of other southern districts received scattered rainfall since Friday night from the ongoing northeast monsoon. The...