The Public Works Department had not prepared any project plan before it went ahead with its infamous experiment of floating thermocol sheets in Vaigai dam – presided over by Cooperation Minister ...

New Delhi: Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on single-use plastic ban, and the Uttar Pradesh’s subsequent decision to outlaw all plastic items, the Basic Siksha Parishad – the apex body ...

It will be the second such unit in the state, the first one being in Calcutta. The decision, a source said, was made after a team from SMC, including the member, mayor-in-council (conservancy), ...

Chennai: Coming under all-round criticism and ridicule after his grand scheme of using thermocol sheets to prevent evaporation loss in Vaigai flopped, cooperative minister Sellur K. Raju on Saturday ...

Tamil Nadu Co-operatives Minister Sellur K Raju who attempted to cover a dam in sheets of polystyrene has been left red-faced after his bizarre water-saving scheme backfired. Raju waded into the dam ...

Anakta Prabhu, a 12-year-old girl has found a novel way to tackle thermocol-related waste menace with the use of a simple nail polish remover. Anakta Prabhu, a 12-year-old girl has found a novel way ...

The officials floated thermocol sheets to cover a portion of the dam to prevent evaporation. Chennai: Days after launching an innovative method to prevent evaporation using thermocol, which ...

Will the ban on plastic end up spurring the usage of the equally dangerous thermocol or styrofoam? That is what activists fear. Though thermocol products today constitute a small portion of the ...