The supply of Palar drinking water, allegedly contaminated by mixing of sewage, has affected several dozen families in East Tambaram.

K.Lakshmi and Kannal Achuthan

A project to strengthen weak points identified in sewer network across the city under discussion

HEALTH HAZARD : Sewage overflows in Kanniappa Colony near Tondiarpet market.

CHENNAI: The problem of sewage overflow and contamination of drinking water poses health hazards in a few localities in the city and its suburbs.

Hyderabad Dec 8: Several areas in the rich coastal Godavari districts are facing a threat of losing drinking water supply because of oil exploration in the Krishna-Godavari basin.

Learning experience: School students watch water-testing methods being demonstrated at an awareness programme in Salem on Friday.

KRISHNAGIRI: Contamination of piped drinking water is 71 per cent, according to a study conducted jointly by the IIT Chennai and Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Porur.Dr. Ligy Philip, Associate Professsor, and Dr. Indumathy, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Chennai, led the study team.

SALEM: A group of five school students from Sri Sarada Vidhyalaya Girls Higher Secondary School carried out a study on the drinking water supplied by the Salem Corporation and found large presence of harmful bacteria in it.

Learning experience: School students participating in a water quality and surveillance programme in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday.

Palani,

Jeyanthai, medical officer, has advised the people to boil water before drinking

OVER 50 persons at a village near Palani began vomiting and suffered from diarrhoea after drinking water mixed with sewage.
Vilvanatham village is situated in the constituency of Government Whip Chakrapani. The president of the village panchayat is Bhuvaneswari Subramanian.