CHENNAI: The Union government has called a meeting of the Cauvery basin States here on Monday to thrash out differences between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the 1,150-megawatt Cauvery Hydro Power Project (CHPP).
KARUR: Welcoming the statement of the Union Textiles Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, on the need to combat pollution in select cities in the State, handloom weavers and farmers have called upon the Central and the State governments to address the issue on a war footing to save both the textile industry, agriculture and environment.
NAMAKKAL: The district administration has closed down 138 dyeing units, which were found functioning without proper approval from the government, Collector U. Sagayam has said.
CHENNAI: Water from the Stanley reservoir in Mettur will be released for samba cultivation in delta districts from August 7, as the inflow into the reservoir has increased due to heavy rain in the Cauvery catchments in Karnataka and Kerala, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi told the Assembly on Tuesday.
The scheme's main aim is to check the discharge of urban sewage into the Cauvery river
THE government has approved a Rs 209.23-crore underground drainage (UGD) project for Erode.
July 14: The state government has for the first time decided to take the help of Opposition parties to fight against the construction of illegal projects across Krishna and Godavari rivers by Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Confusion over who will take up maintenance of the plant
deadlocked: Veerappan Chatram Municipality has failed to take up the maintenance of the sewage treatment plant constructed by the Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board.
In a move that may heighten the bitterness between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday said his State will not be able to release Cauvery waters to its southern neighbour in June, as the water level in all reservoirs of the river basin had hit rock bottom.
Seventy per cent of work is over and the rest is being expedited: Minister
ELATED: Revenue Minister I. Periyasamy giving away free gas stove to a beneficiary at M. Ammapatti near Dindigul.
