Plea seeks ban on loudspeakers
Madurai: A public interest litigation has been filed before the Madurai bench of the Madras high court seeking a direction to the authorities to ban the use of loudspeakers in vans, autos, load vehicles
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Future proofing Indian cities
The Future Proofing Indian Cities project represents the first time that evidence on the holistic set of risks and possible solutions to target specific vulnerabilities to risks has been explored for Bangalore
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Rampant development took toll on water bodies in Madurai
MADURAI: The unplanned and rampant development which took place in the last few years have resulted in the ruining water bodies in the city. For a city like Madurai water bodies and storm water channels
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Climate and development outlook: India
The Climate and Development Outlook – India Special Edition shares news of CDKN’s projects across this diverse and climate-affected country. Many of the projects focus on building climate resilience,
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Corporation plans to produce power from garbage in city
MADURAI: Soon, the wastes from Madurai Corporation would be converted to power. If all goes as per the plans of the corporation, the wastes generated in the corporation limits would be a boon. The process
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Civic body to charge for drinking water supply to government offices
In a surprise decision the city corporation has asked the high court bench, district court, government hospital, medical college and the residential quarters of government and court staff to shell out
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Campaign to encourage rainwater harvesting in 960 buildings
As the city plunged into acute water crisis, the Madurai Corporation has launched a campaign to encourage Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) in public and private buildings to tap the much expected southwest monsoon
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Felling of trees blamed for worsening pollution problem
300 participants from 15 colleges attend NADP-awareness programme Mindless felling of trees has caused extensive damage to environment, making cities a living hell; it is time we took some remedial action,” said Jayashree Muralidharan, Collector, at the “NADP- training and awareness programme for tree cover assessment to combat pollution in Tiruchi” here on Tuesday.
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Future proofing Indian cities: final urban diagnostic for Madurai
The diagnostic for Madurai has outlined that for stakeholders in the city, gaps in Madurai’s ‘blue-green infrastructure’ is perhaps the most pressing nexus of challenges the city needs to address to safeguard
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Kochiites to feel the heat of global warming
The effect of global warming, augmented by the rise in high-rises and dearth of enough green belts, will drastically affect the climatic conditions of Kochi. In the next three decades, Kochiites will feel the ‘heat’ of this phenomenon as the annual average temperature of Kochi will see a significant increase of one per cent, warn experts.
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Experts moot share & learn plan to counter climate change
Kochi: Cities across the world should share adaption strategies formulated to counter climate change, experts attending a two-day workshop on AsianCities Adapt-Impact of Climate Change in Target Cities