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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amid the worst drought Tamil Nadu is facing in 140 years, an experiment to prevent evaporation loss in a water body was carried out under full media glare. Led by Minister for Cooperation Sellur K ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MADURAI: Tamil Nadu Minister Sellur K Raju, whose participation in an experiment using thermocol to prevent water evaporation evoked ridicule, is facing flak again this time for suggesting use of ...

Cost effective ways of recycling everyday items and turning them into useful products was the main focus of the inter-school science exhibition organised by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Muktangan ...