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Tamil Nadu minister's thermocol proposal to prevent water loss at Vaigai dam fails miserably

The Tamil Nadu government's efforts to prevent evaporation with thermocol sheets show the officials' lack of knowledge about water cycle and ecology.

 

On Friday Minister for Cooperation Sellur K Raju inaugurated the programme to cover the vast sheet of Vaigai Dam water with thermocol sheets at an outlay of Rs 10 lakh.

 

According to an official in the Public Works Department (PWD), the idea was to spread the thermocol sheets on 200 sq metres of water surface on a trial basis to prevent water evaporation. However soon after the thermocol sheets taped together were laid on the water surface, they reached the shores and some even broke.

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