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Call to preserve water tanks in Kanyakumari [1]

Nagercoil: A seminar on the status of tanks was convened here by environmentalists attached to various non-governmental organisations on Saturday.

Most of the tanks of Kanyakumari district were full of weeds which reduced their capacity and promoted evaporation of water resources of Kanyakumari district intended for irrigation and drinking water purposes.

Publication Date: 
21/12/2009
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Water Resources [3], Tanks [4], NGO [5], Environmentalists [6], Tamil Nadu [7], Kanniyakumari [8]
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