The development of an automatic borewell compressor controller has come as a boon to farmers at a time when the entire Coimbatore district has been reeling under acute water crisis. the automatic

Chennai Metrowater statistics from 1996 to 2002 show that there has been a marked fall in the water table. In 1995, the average water level was 9.5 ft below ground level. It went down to 19 ft in

Harvest rainwater, save water sources. This is the mantra of Nammal Mudiyum a short film on rainwater harvesting. The film will be screened on a propaganda van designed for the purpose in different

We have heard of electric cars. Now, six final year mechanical engineering students of the National Institute of Technology & Science, Chennai have developed a prototype of an electrical bike. The

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa announced that the State government would soon introduce a Bill making it mandatory to install a rain water harvesting structure in all new buildings. Talking

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa should realise that the Cauvery issue transcended narrow party politics in the context of untold suffering by the farmers in the delta region, Manishankar

The Tamil Nadu state government will soon set up a rain water centre in North Chennai, on the lines of the one at Mandavelipakkam in South Chennai. Launching the Rain Water Harvesting campaign in

Women panchayat presidents, who came to power through the one-third reservation for women in local bodies, are changing the rules of the game in rural development in Tamil Nadu. With their

People of this traditionally water starved Dindigul town are reeling under an acute shortage and have to content with water supply just for three hours once in 20 to 25 days. According to Municipal

A novel project initiated by Tamil Nadu Government called 'Rainwater harvesting in slums' (RWHS) is garnering much attention.As part of the state-wide project, RWHS was launched in the slum areas