Tamil Nadu managed to narrow the gap between electricity requirement and availability to a negligible 23 million units (MU) in 2016-17 as against a deficit of 690 MU in 2015-16.
A group of residents of villages around Unniyur have opposed the Public Works Department move to open a sand quarry on the Cauvery river in the village.
Despite the implementation of the underground drainage scheme sanctioned under the National River Conservation Programme (NRCP) mainly aimed at preventing the pollution of the Cauvery a decade ago,