Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
The Madras High Court has held the state government responsible for not making sincere efforts to prevent deforestation. The Court directed to set up a Special Task Committee. Justice E Padmanabhan said it is evident from the records produced in the Court that there has been a substantial rise in …
an oil slick has polluted a two kilometre stretch of seashore south of the city of Chennai. According to police officials this information has been passed on to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board ( tnpcb ). Officials say that this happened when oil tankers had cleaned out the holds …
A project to culture human skin for grafting in cases of severe burns has been undertaken at the Deccan Medical College in association with the Owasi Medical Research Centre, Hyderabad, and the Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai. The project aims at culturing one sq metre of skin from one sq …
the country's first bilateral lung transplant was performed at the Madras Medical Mission (mmm) in Chennai, on April 26. Experts hailed the nine hour long operation as unique and the "first of its kind in Asia". Besides, the 27-year-old Sri Lankan recipient, who has his heart on the right side …
• The Thar desert is fast witnessing a steady decline in its groundwater level. In a recent symposium on "Recent Advances in the Management of Arid Eco-systems" held in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, scientists suggested artificial recharging as a corrective measure. • The first ultraviolet radiation technology-based sewage disinfection treatment plant has …
The Madras High Court has pulled the brakes on the Kolli Hills hydroelectric power project in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. The court directed the Tamil Nadu electricity board to stop work on the project and directed the board to seek permission from the Centre for clearance of the project. …
With the Tamil Nadu government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signing the final document to bring Madras under the global Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP), key environmental concerns will now become a part of development planning for the city. The UNDP will provide a grant of US $605,000 over …
Metropolitan municipalities can now heave a collective sigh of relief. The Centrally-sponsored scheme for infrastructural development of megacities has brought them a welcome respite, burdened as they were by huge fiscal deficits. Infrastructural development in Calcutta, Bangalore, Bombay, Madras and Hyderabad is to take place through innovative institutional and financial …
TRANSGENIC fish may soon be served at your favourite restaurant. Indian scientists are trying to genetically engineer certain fish species to make them grow larger faster. In this controversial technique, an organism is injected with genes from a foreign organism and once the transfer is accepted, a transgenic organism is …
There has been a gradual decline in the natural vegetation around Madras. The reduction and fragmentation of the mainly tropical, dry, evergreen forest, also called scrub jungle, has led to the extinction of bird species, particularly those that are habitat-specific. Studies showed more migratory birds were found where new trees …
