APOLOGY FOR a waterbody: A pool of water near Teacher Nagar at Orikkai village panchayat in Kancheepuram serves as a proof that once a sprawling lake existed in that place.
Opposition parties want works under NREGS stalled till elections are over
KANCHEEPURAM: Opposition parties have alleged that the ruling coalition at the Centre is using the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) to lure voters in Kancheepuram district.
Letter to M/s Coastal Tamil Nadu Power Ltd from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding Terms of Reference (TOR) of 4,000 MW (6x660 MW) Cheyyur UMPP near Cheyyur village, District Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu by M/s Coastal Tamil Nadu Power Ltd dated 19th March, 2009.
Agricultural drought has been a recurrent phenomenon in many parts of India. Remote sensing plays a vital role in real time monitoring of the agricultural drought conditions over large area, there by effectively supplementing the ground mechanism. Conventional drought monitoring is based on subjective data.
TAMBARAM: A number of lakes, tanks and ponds in the southern suburbs of Chennai continue to receive huge quantity of untreated sewage and effluents, turning them into reservoirs of filth.
TAMBARAM: Six town panchayats in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Kancheepuram district will have their underground drainage projects in place in a couple of years.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development, according to the town panchayat officials, has given its nod for the project to be implemented in the six town panchayats at a combined estimated cost of Rs.273 crore.
KANCHEEPURAM: The consumption of fish, netted from a heavily polluted lake near here, is believed to be the cause of acute diarrhoeal disease that affected more than 500 persons in the town and adjoining hamlets in the past six days, as the test of the drinking water sample supplied by the municipality has confirmed that the water is potable.
TANUVAS Vice-Chancellor P. Thangaraju addressing a seminar at Livestock Research Station, Kattupakkam, on Wednesday.
KANCHEEPURAM: Rearing of cross-breed milch animals will boost the income of dairy farmers, according to Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Vice-Chancellor P.Thangaraju.
