NEYVELI: Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Coal, Statistics and Programme Implementation Sriprakash Jaiswal has put at rest the controversy over the size of import of coal by the Tamil Nadu government.

CM JUGGLING WITH STATS; IT IS GOVT OFFICIALS WHO ARE PROVIDING ME ALL THE INFORMATION, SAYS JAYALALITHAA Officials are extremely upset with the way his government is functioning

It will not take much time to expose those officials and tear their masks
FIRMLY denying the charge Leader of OppsoitionJ Jaya lithaa that the TNEB had incurred losses by importing coal at higher costs, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday handed out a warning to officials providing false statistics to the AIADMK leader.

REGULAR black outs in the southern suburbs of Chen- nai for the last two weeks have left the residents fum- ing, while the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board gropes in the dark to figure out what caused the power cut.

When will the power crisis end in Tamil Nadu? This year?
Next year? You will end up scratching your head if you were to go by the sound bytes of people holding responsible positions in the government. Express does a reality check

R. Sairam

Harnessing solar energy may address the energy problems in rural areas.

MADURAI: Solar power generation units no longer remain in the sole domain of industries as a new scheme of the Central Government offers generous incentives to promote its domestic use.

TIRUCHI: In an effort to save electrical energy, the Railway Board has initiated free distribution of 14 watts / 20 watts compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) to replace 60 watts / 100 watts incandescent (IC) lamps in all railway quarters under the

The Tamil Nadu government

Decision taken to cut down on electricity bill of Rs. 9 lakh

MADURAI: The University of Madras has decided to switch over to solar power within a year in order to cut down its monthly electricity bill.

A one-time investment of Rs.3 crore was being made to purchase the solar equipment and install it in the university campus, said G. Thiruvasagam, Vice-Chancellor.

CHENNAI: All residents of Integral Coach Factory colonies will soon have energy-efficient compact 14 W and 29 W fluorescent lamps (CFL) in lieu of conventional incandescent bulbs. The CFL bulbs are given free to the residents as part of an energy conservation drive launched by the ICF.

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