THE Samuga Samathuva Padai (SSP) led by former bureaucrat P Sivakami will petition Gover nor Surjit Singh Barnala to get the Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) areas in Tamil Nadu to be declared as scheduled areas, which would bestow special protection to the tribals.

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Karnataka says the project is detrimental to its interests

The project envisages supply of potable water to Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts

Legal experts say that there is very little chance of the Supreme Court staying the project

DHARMAPURI: Swaran Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board, gave instructions to officials to give maximum provision to protect the water treatment plants of the Hogenakkal Drinking Water and Fluorosis Mitigation Project from wild elephants from the nearby reserve forests.

R. Arivanantham

As per MNREGS Act, each worker should work at least seven hours a day and finish the work allotted to them

Working hard:Braving heat, women work to desilt Kurumba Eri under the National Rural

Virudhunagar worst hit; funds for other districts after getting report

CHENNAI: The government on Thursday sanctioned Rs. 18 crore from the Calamity Relief Fund to overcome the drinking water shortage in 10 districts. Virudhunagar, Tiruvallur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Villupuram, Krishnagiri, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Dindigul and Namakkal districts will be benefited.

Female infanticide has declined in Tamil Nadu, but there is still an alarming decline of child sex ratio in many districts.

A Unicef report has shown high levels fluoride in groundwater sources in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri
A new report has confirmed the unacceptably high fluoride content in groundwater sources in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts. The Hogenakkal drinking water scheme was conceived over 40 years ago to specifically address this problem in the two districts.

V Gangadharan | ENS

Expect a 15 per cent jump in tiger populationFOREST officials hope for a substantial increase in the tiger population in Tamil Nadu during the synchronised wildlife census exercise that is scheduled to begin towards the end of this month.

PMK founder S. Ramadoss and former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss along with party cadre staging a novel agitation in front of the Collectorate in Dharmapuri on Thursday.

DHARMAPURI: Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss has urged the government to declare Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Salem, Namakkal and Vellore districts drought-prone.

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