The Environmental Impact Monitoring of the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP), carried out by experts of Alagappa University, Karaikudi, on physico-chemical parameters of dredging shows there

Venice isn t just canals and aristocrats. anupam mishra gets off a gondola and stumbles into well workmanship and rainwater use

It isn't that the rich and the wealthy got their water from elsewhere. They invested more than others in design as well as beautification. From the seventh century AD, the city was ruled by dukes (doge). One of the most photographed locations is the Doge Palace. But the tourists taking pictures of the palace don't stop to notice that the pavement on which they stand (right) is part of an elaborate water storage system that supported the pomp and glory of the palace. The tourism brochures don't tell.

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