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Clean drinking water for everyone soon: Collector
SALEM: Various drinking water supply works such as sustaining ground water levels, providing water supply to added areas, construction of overhead tanks, water supply improvement schemes etc have been undertaken both in rural and urban areas in Salem district during the past 30 months at an estimated outlay of Rs 65.69 crore.
The schemes
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- 05/01/2009
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- Hindu (Chennai)
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Quake rocks Kangra valley
Kangra valley experienced tremors last night. Some people left their houses in panic during the chilly night due the earthquake.
Dr RS Negi, in charge, Seismology Laboratory, said the earthquake was experienced at 1.54 am and continued for 10 seconds. He said it was measured 5.9 on the Richter scale with its epicentre in the North West Himalayan Hindukush Region.
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- 05/01/2009
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Rajasthan owes Punjab billions of rupees for water
Rajasthan owes Punjab billions of rupees for the water it has been receiving through Rajasthan canal for more than 40 years now.
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- 05/01/2009
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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SRA committee does not have any legal authority: Experts
HOUSING DREAMS
Mumbai: Will the high court-appointed committee to clear the backlog of Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) cases be of any help?
Apparently not, as the panel has not been given legal powers, say experts. They also point out that the committee is no different from the one set up last year which could dispose of only 42 cases.
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- 05/01/2009
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- Times Of India (Mumbai)
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BRTS drives closer to Amdavad
CITY ON THE MOVE
Trial Run Of Buses On Jan 12 To Coincide With Vibrant Gujarat Summit
Kumar Manish | TNN
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad is all set for a grand entry into the league of world’s major cities having their unique Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) for mass transit and the timing cannot be more apt than this.
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- 05/01/2009
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- Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Girnar ropeway plan hits eco hurdle
Central Panel Against Project Passing Through Wildlife Sanctuary
Nayan Dave | TNN
Rajkot: Constructing ‘Udan Khatola’, a ropeway, at Mount Girnar is turning out to be an uphill task. Just when everyone started believing that the decades-old project may finally see the light of day, it has hit an environment roadblock yet again.
- Date:
- 05/01/2009
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- Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Forget warming, greenhouse gases may trigger ice age
Filling the atmosphere with greenhouse gases associated with global warming
could push the planet into a new ice age, scientists have
warned.
Researchers at the University of Birmingham found that 630 million years ago the earth had a warm atmosphere full of carbon dioxide but was completely covered with ice, the Daily Telegraph reported.
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- 05/01/2009
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Gurgaon promotes cleanliness with run
Sumi Sukanya | TNN
- Date:
- 05/01/2009
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Govt told to pay Rs 2L over pulse polio death
Smriti Singh | TNN
New Delhi: Almost a decade after a five-month-old girl died after receiving polio drops under the pulse polio campaign initiated by the Delhi government, a trial court has directed the government to pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the family of the girl.
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- 05/01/2009
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Move to monitor carbon monoxide levels
Deepa H Ramakrishnan
CHENNAI: In an effort to monitor the levels of highly-toxic Carbon Monoxide in the ambient air, CO analysers will soon be installed at five locations in the city.
The equipment will be installed in Anna Nagar, T. Nagar, Vallalar Nagar, Adyar and Kilpauk. Equipment of the Chennai Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme is already functioning at these five locations.
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- 05/01/2009
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- Hindu (Chennai)
