P. Sudhakar

To be executed on an outlay of Rs. 18.69 crore

TIRUNELVELI: The annual credit plan, released here on Thursday for the district for the financial year 2009-10, envisages a total credit outlay of Rs. 1,883.84 crore (last year allocation was Rs.1,490 crore and hence a hike of Rs. 393.84 crore this year) from the banking institutions, both nationalised and private, cooperative banks and other financial institutions.

Each civic body to save several lakhs towards the electricity bill: District Planning Committee Chairman

Power saver: Collector M. Jayaraman (second from right) addressing the planning committee meeting in Tirunelveli on Wednesday.

We are able to make a supply of only 40.32 million litres of water per day against a normal supply of 65 million litres per day }
POTS lined up in front of water tanks, and political parties staging dharnas with empty water pots are a common sight in Tirunelveli, where the perennial river Tamirabarani meanders on its way to the Bay of Bengal

TIRUNELVELI: A spotted deer was found dead under mysterious circumstances near the Gangaikondan deer park on the Tirunelveli

MLA placed the foundation stone for the ground-level reservoirs

TIRUNELVELI: Work on the construction of ground-level reservoirs under the Rs.30.70 crore Nanguneri-Thisaiyanvilai Tamirabharani Combined Drinking Water Scheme commenced.

Streetlights are out of service and drainage channels are overflowing, they say

THIRSTY: Residents of Munanjipatti with empty pots staging a protest at Tirunelveli Collectorate on Monday.

Collector examines ongoing drinking water projects

TIRUNELVELI: District Collector M. Jayaraman has ordered the TWAD Board officials to ensure adequate supply of protected drinking water to some of the villages under Valliyoor panchayat union within a week.

TIRUNELVELI: While stern action would be taken against illegal sand miners, the district administration would ensure that the public were getting the sand for construction at the price fixed by the government, Collector M. Jayaraman has said.

C. Jaishankar
Prosopis juliflora is invading the coastal marine system

Silent invasion: A man trying to cut

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