Union Environment and Forest Minister T R Baalu regretted that works undertaken by the Tamil Nadu government for the National river Conservation Project in all the cities, barring Madurai, was being

The country is losing foodgrains worth Rs 63,750 crore every year due to lack of storage facilities, said Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation Regional Manager B S Ramamurthy. Speaking at the world

The acute drought has hit the Vellodu bird sanctuary in the Erode district Tamil Nadu and more so the tourism prospects. According to informed sources, the Chennimalai block, where the sanctuary

Expressing serious concern over the threat posed to the Tamil Nadu State's water bodies by incessant sand mining, the jury, formed for a public hearing held in February this year, asked the State

Amidst pessimism from various quarters about the fate of the Chennai City river Conservation Project, the project is now going on full swing with Metrowater speeding up the process to ensure that no

India stands third among the largest producers of tobacco, through which it earns Rs 5,500 crore. However, the irony is, it spends Rs 13,500 crore for treating smoking related diseases. smoking and

Life has become a nightmare for the 200 odd salt manufacturers and fishermen who have lost their livelihood due to the letting out of effluents into the Buckingham canal in Kovalam. The flow has been

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to desilt and deepen backwaters to protect aquatic species, said D Jayakumar, minister for Law and Information Technology. Participating at a seminar on

In a daring incident, some persons of Perodu town panchayat have transported several lakhs of rupees worth earthern soil of canal poromboke land in the Perodu town panchayat in Tamil Nadu endangering

The Tamil Nadu state government will soon implement an underground sewerage scheme in five districts to prevent contamination of drinking water by sewerage, Dr. S Balaji, Director of Environment,