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Environment

Govt. rewards dugong rescue in Gulf of Mannar

Thulasiraman and his brother Hariharasudhan had only seen pictures of the dugong, or sea cow, until two of these sea mammals got entangled in their net as they were fishing off the coast of Ramanathapuram earlier this year. But thanks to an awareness camp conducted for fishermen on how to treat...

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How Karnataka says Mekedatu is win-win for TN also

Consider this scenario: The Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoir built across the Cauvery river in Mandya district has only 97.91 feet of water against the usual level of 121 feet when the flow of Cauvery trickles down to a few hundred cusecs per day in December against a lakh and more cusecs...

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Cauvery in spate: Is just Mettur dam enough?

A bountiful monsoon resulting in with brimming rivers has underscored Tamil Nadu’s inadequate storage on the Cauvery. Following copious rains in Karnataka, the Stanley reservoir at Mettur dam is releasing 25,500 cusecs into the river course. It would have been a happy situation for Tamil Nadu...

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