Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Nearly 80 to 90 liver transplants are being performed in a year in Chennai, says expert VELLORE: With Hepatitis B and C being viruses which mainly damage the liver, India accounts for medium prevalence of hepatitis in the world. Approximately, the country has seven to eight per cent prevalence of …
KOCHI: It seems the second phase development of the Brahmapuram Solid Waste Treatment Plant will meet with the same fate as that of the first phase. Thanks to the apathy of the Corporation, the project is still on papers
RPG Group company Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) is planning to set up its biggest unit in Tamil Nadu and SIPCOT authorities have allotted 60 acres in-principle at SIPCOT industrial park Thervoy Kandigai, Chairman Sanjiv Goenka said. Addressing a press conference to announce the company's results, he said environmental clearances …
Door-to-door collection often disrupted CHENNAI: Every summer, the problems of burning garbage in the Athipet dumping yard and erratic waste clearance revisit the residents of Ambattur. For the past few days, garbage heaped up on many streets of Ambattur is waiting to be cleared. S. Nagarajan, a resident of Mogappair, …
The high court here today agreed to issue notices on a petition by a group of Special Economic Zone (SEZs) developers against the Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) levy introduced in the Union Budget of 2011-12. The budget levied 18.5 per cent MAT on SEZs. The contention of the petitioners, the …
KRISHNAGIRI: Residents of Pazhayapet and Pananthoppu village in Pethathalappalli Panchayat staged a road blockade on Tuesday demanding regular water supply. The residents had earlier submitted a petition to the Block Development Officer, Krishnagiri, in this connection. They said that about 100 families out of 300 live at the tail-end area …
CHENNAI: Come summer, water tops the priority list of most households. With the demand on the rise, government and private agencies are gearing up to meet the requirements of customers. The Chennai Metrowater is supplying 774 million litres of water a day (mld) to residents of city and suburbs. Of …
COIMBATORE: With polling and the accompanying election rhetoric fading into background till the counting date, it is time for the city's water managers and the residents to settle down for the day-to-day affairs. And, focus is on the city's water situation. There are indications that the city may soon have …
Based on results, schools will be offered free advice on water management and cost cutting. CHENNAI: In an effort to promote judicious use of water in educational institutions, the Rain Centre will soon conduct a water audit in several schools across the city. The centre plans to cover 30 schools …
Manmohan SinghPrime Minister Manmohan Singh has said a lasting solution would be found for the Tirupur knitwear industry, in trouble due to a court-ordered closure of all dyeing units for polluting the water sources in the region. The industry has said the only permanent solution to solve the dye effluent …
Top Indian metros like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata fall under the country's moderate to highrisk seismic zones, the National Disaster Management Authority says. "Earthquakes are a major concern. Over 58.6 per cent of land in India is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and 38 cities fall under moderate to …
The steep rise in the population of Bangalore district has seen it top the population growth rate in the country. The Bangalore urban district has grown three times faster than the population of the state as a whole. Bangalore district
Chennai city has three lakh more people living in it now than it had in 2001. The growth of population in the past decade has been at a rate of 7.8 pc, remarkably lower than the anticipated double digit growth, given the IT and hospitality sector boom in the corresponding …
The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of iron and zinc deficiency on short term memory of children in the age group of 6-11 years and to assess the response to supplementation therapy. http://www.indianpediatrics.net/apr2011/289.pdf
CHENNAI: The combination of densely populated areas in the city and the risk of climate-related hazards make Chennai vulnerable to disaster. A study brought out by Chennai Corporation, Kyoto University and the University of Madras only goes to prove this. It shows that northern parts of the city have lower …
Chennai: The safety review of nuclear reactors which the Prime Minister announced in the wake of the tragedy in Japan is now officially under way. The first facility where the audit has begun is the Madras Atomic Power station (MAPS) in Kalpakkam, said an official on Thursday. K Ramamurthy, the …
CHENNAI: A study on the toxic nature of the sediments in the Cooum river is being conducted by the Chennai River Restoration Trust. The study is to take preventive measures on any possible impact on human health during dredging. The Trust has collected samples from various points across the stretch …
Information provided by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in responde to RTI filed by Dr. Babu K V seeking details on the total no. of deaths following immunization in the country (AEFI) from 2001 to 2009.
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Desiya Baniyan and Ginning Podhu Thozhilalar Sangam has approached the Madras High Court seeking to implead itself in a writ petition seeking a direction to authorities for cleaning the Noyyal water stored in the Orathuppalayam dam and to prevent future pollution of the river. It submitted …
