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 ...

Chennai, Apr 25 (PTI) Under flak for trying to prevent evaporation using thermocol, a Tamil Nadu Minister today said it was not his idea but called for trying out innovative ways to tackle water ...

(Eds: Repeating after correcting typo in headline) Chennai, Apr 25 (PTI) Under flak for trying to prevent evaporation using thermocol, a Tamil Nadu Minister today said it was not his idea but called ...

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 ...

Minister Sellur K Raju said the idea to cover the dam with thermocol came from a "source." NEW DELHI: In an attempt to conserve water in Tamil Nadu's Vaigai dam, officials of the Public Works ...

It is strange that a Minister in Tamil Nadu, while floating a peculiar idea, forgot simple physics when he wanted to beat the sun: his failure to factor in another natural force, wind (“After ...

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 ...

During last August’s torrential rains, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) identified the new culprit that was clogging drains and flooding the city. It was thermocol – the packaging ...

Theni (TN): An 'experiment' by PWD officials to try and cut water loss due to evaporation in Vaigai dam by covering a small portion of it with thermocol sheets came undone when parts of it were swept ...

A group of working professionals from Dadar has taken it upon themselves to collect large quantities of thermocol waste generated at the fish market every day and send them to a recyling plant. The ...