ERODE: Communist Party of India, Erode, has criticised the State Government

COIMBATORE: Kurichi Municipality has drawn up a slum development programme that will be funded partly by the Central and State Governments under the Basic Services for the Urban Poor.

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation is of the firm view that the menace of non-biodegradable and non-recyclable plastic bags should be eliminated for its waste management programme to be successful.

K.V. Prasad

COIMBATORE: After trying it out in six colonies in the city, ITC Limited looks set to tie up with five corporations (three in Tamil Nadu and two in Kerala) to expand its Wealth Out of Waste programme, under which it pays for paper waste collected from houses.

COIMBATORE: Thanks to the Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project Phase I, the forest and tree cover of Tamil Nadu has increased to 4.26 per cent from 3.66 per cent even though at the all India level it declined to 2.79 per cent from 3.05 per cent, Minister for Forests N. Selvaraj said here on Thursday.

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India is expected to experience severe water stress by 2020, according to a paper presented at a national symposium.

India is expected to experience severe water stress by 2020 with the per capita availability of water projected to be less than 1,000 cubic metres.

COIMBATORE: More residential colonies in the city are joining the

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation is of the firm view that the menace of non-biodegradable and non-recyclable plastic bags should be eliminated for its waste management programme to be successful.

COIMBATORE: After the battle against sewage and hyacinth, citizens

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COIMBATORE: The worst affected victims of climate change are developing countries, though those who are responsible for high levels of green house gas emissions are the developed ones. The United States is the largest consumer of energy, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Honorary Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said here on Thursday.