The salinity of well water has trebled over the last six years in Chennai city outskirts owing to increased sea water intrusion, CPR Centre Honorary Director Nandhita Krishna said on Saturday.The

A Bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Act to enable the levy of a separate 'Green Tax' on all classes of old motor vehicles was introduced by Transport Minister R Vishwanathan in the

With rainwater harvesting becoming a buzzword, Chennaiites need to exercise caution while choosing a builder or a contractor, who can install the system best suited to the building at the most

The temple tank in the heart of Virudhunagar town in Tamil Nadu which had been rendered dry by drought is now brimming with water, thanks to rain water harvesting units in the area. Virudhunagar is a

Hardly a fortnight after a revenue department official was killed stopping illegal sand quarrying in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu the focus has now been shifted to Chennai's outskirts. The

A far reaching socio-economic transformation. That is what the Tamil Nadu state government seems seeking to achieve, given its limited resources, through self help groups (SHGs). Now an integrated

The prospects for commencing Kuruvai cultivation by Cauvery delta farmers seem to hinge on natural things like summer rains, said Mohanasundaram, Chief Engineer, PWD, Tiruchi division. Making this

The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board has proposed a Tamil Nadu Rural Water Supply Project with financial assistance from the World Bank to give access to protected drinking water to the

In an effort to augment water supply in Chennai, the Tamil Nadu state government has proposed to set up a sea water desalination plant at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore. Announcing this in the State

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ruled out the possibility of pumping the dead storage, that is around three tmcft, from the Kandaleru reservoir in Andhra Pradesh to the Chennai city. She