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Rainwater harvesting in city to get fillip [1]

Civic body to carry out re-engineering of facilities, including stormwater drains

The Chennai Corporation is planning to carry out re-engineering of rainwater harvesting facilities in the city’s water bodies spread over an area of 426 sq. km.
A meeting to discuss steps to be taken to improve rainwater harvesting, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation and drought relief in the city was held on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2013
Aloysius Xavier Lopez [2]
Hindu (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Tamil Nadu [4], Chennai (T) [5], Water Harvesting [6], Groundwater Recharge [7], Water Resources [8]
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