The Hyderabad-based IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects Ltd has been awarded a Rs 237-crore contract under the Hogenakkal water supply and fluorosis mitigation project. The project with a permanent water source is being implemented by the Tamil Nadu Government at a cost of Rs 1,928.80 crore.

Swaran Singh, CMD, TWAD Board, explaining the salient features of the Hogenakkal drinking water project to Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at Madam near Hogenakkal on Tuesday.

Call for including disaster management in curriculum

DHARMAPURI: Ban on use of plastics in Hogenakkal will come into force from December 15, said Collector P. Amutha here on Thursday.

Valuable catch: Forest officials with the seized panther skin in Dharmapuri district recently.

DHARMAPURI: Panther skin and a pair of ivory tusks were seized by the forest officials in Dharmapuri district recently. Seven persons were arrested, T.R. Palanivel, Assistant Conservator of Forests told The Hindu on Tuesday.

SALEM: Police arrested three persons for hunting deer, boar and rabbits for meat in the forests abetting Harur in Dharmapuri district and Mottur near Ilampillai in Salem district on Wednesday. A gun was also seized from them.

DHARMAPURI: Works on the Hogenakkal Integrated Drinking Water Scheme would start as scheduled in March 2010, said Stalin, Deputy Chief Minister here on Sunday.

DHARMAPURI: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has projected a total credit outlay of Rs. 895 crore for the year 2010-11 for Dharmapuri district in its Potential Linked Credit Plan.

Collector P. Amutha, releasing it recently, said the plan lays special emphasis on the agriculture sector.

They stage a novel protest wearing leaves

SALEM: Thamizhaga Adivasi Amaippugalin Kootamaippu (TAAK) has demanded the immediate implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Tamil Nadu.

To highlight this issue, they also staged a novel protest here on Tuesday wearing leaves.

JAIPUR: A five-member delegation of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board which visited two fluoride-affected villages in Rajasthan over the weekend was impressed by the success of a UNICEF-sponsored fluorosis mitigation programme and expressed the desire to replicate the model back home.

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