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Urban jungle built atop waterbodies
Lack of desilting of lakes and ponds in the city, encroachments and uncontrolled urbanisation around them, and the insufficient number of check dams...
GIS mapping to keep track of waterbodies, drain network in city
To safeguard waterbodies from encroachment and also to keep track of storm water drain network in the city, the Greater Chennai Corporation has...
Waterbodies are sacred, should be protected: HC
Waterbodies are sacred and should be protected accordingly, said the Madras High Court, ordering notice to the government for alleged inaction in...
Stop bid to encroach govt land for stadium, Bedi directs Collector
Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has directed District Collector T Arun to initiate action against promoters of a cricket stadium near here following...
Green revolution’s side-effect: Birds hit by chemical deposition near...
Decades after green revolution brought about internationally acclaimed success in increasing agriculture production, experts are studying its...
‘Municipality releases sewage into waterbodies’
The residents of Pallavaram accused the Municipality of releasing sewage into the waterbodies in the locality ever since the underground drainage...
Downpour pushes up storage level in most dams
Several parts of Madurai and parts of other southern districts received scattered rainfall since Friday night from the ongoing northeast monsoon. The...
Court seeks status report on drowning cases in waterbodies
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to submit a status report on the measures being taken to prevent accidental deaths by...