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 …
THE way Pongal is celebrated has changed over time and the same needs to happen with Bhogi. That was the clear message at the launch of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board's campaign to promote a smoke-free Bhogi. State Environment Minister T P M Mohideen Khan, Chennai Mayor M Subramanian …
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Monday permitted the Industries Secretary or those delegated by him to grant permission for use of excavators, not more than two, in each of the sand quarrying sites in rivers. A Division Bench, comprising Justices R. Banumathi and S. Nagamuthu, passed the …
In spite of a looming water crisis, the Delhi government and the various civic agencies are still to get their act together. NEHA LALCHANDANI writes Neha Lalchandani The rapid pace of urbanization is putting immense pressure on the country
Mamallapuram: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is planning to get down to cleaning the Gange river in order to revive the freshwater dolphin population, Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said on Monday during a visit to the crocodile bank on the East Coast Road near …
Priority for upgrading all major ports so as to attain global standards CHENNAI: In the next few days, Rs.24 crore will be released by the Chennai Port Trust and Ennore Port as its contribution towards Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP), said Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan on Friday. Addressing a dinner …
Sharadha Narayanan | ENS Only seven of the total 13,702 tanks fenced; 4,695 yet to cross survery stage; 1,978 tenements on water bodies in Chennai alone FIVE years after the Madras High Court ordered that all encroachments to water bodies in the State be cleared, the Public Works Department (PWD) …
IT IS the star attraction on the campus of SRM University in Chennai. Though in a nascent stage, it has the potential to give solar car manufacturers like Reva and Venturi a run for their money. Its innovators, a team of 10 electrical engineering students in their final year and …
Chennai: Imagine a Chennai city where well-known, low-lying residential areas Velachery, Madipakkam and Kotturpuram may permanently be submerged by sea water. The Napier bridge may be seen rising directly out of the sea, while the mouth of the river Cooum is pushed inland to open into the sea before the …
IN DISCUSSION: Mayor M. Subramanian in discussion with Chennai Metrowater Managing Director Rajesh Lakhoni (right), at a co-ordination meeting in Chennai on Wednesday. Chennai Corporation Commissioner D. Karthikeyan (left) is in the picture. CHENNAI: Chennai Metrowater will enhance the capacity of the sewage pumping stations by December-end as part of …
CHENNAI: A blanket exemption of roads on stilts in the draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 2010 would not augur well for the peace and tranquility of southern Chennai residents, warned prominent citizens of Chennai on Thursday. Further, it endangered the Olive Ridley turtles as their nesting spots fell right …
CHENNAI: The State government recently gave clearance for pedestrian foot overbridges with escalators on seven busy roads across the city. While the project will provide some immediate relief to pedestrians using those roads, the larger issue of greater inclusiveness in urban transport planning remains unaddressed. Nearly 42 per cent of …
The construction of a Chennai-Bengaluru industrial corridor and a joint search for valuable rare earth materials, whose production is currently monopolised by China, are expected to be among the major strategic projects to be announced in Tokyo on Monday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Naoto Kan. …
Many of the LPG-kit fitted autorickshaws in Chennai continue to run on petrol. CHENNAI: With Transport Minister K.N.Nehru recently announcing that a deadline would soon be set for all autorickshaws and taxis in the city to switchover to LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), the issue of ambient air quality and the …
Will help in mapping development indicators on regular basis CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will soon have a centralised data resource centre to collect relevant data across all health departments. One-stop shop The Health Management Information System (HMIS), accessible across the various departments, will be able to function as a one-stop shop …
CHENNAI: A member of a SC Committee on Solid Waste, Almitra Patel, has written to CM M Karunanidhi and Deputy CM M K Stalin asking them to intervene and protect the Chembarambakkam Lake from landfill pollution. According to Patel and a whole host of environmental experts, the lake would be …
Effluent resulting due to various processes from tanning industries may lead to groundwater pollution when they are disposed off without proper treatment. This study was carried out with the objective of studying the impact of effluent let out by these industries on groundwater quality in Chromepet area of Chennai, Tamil …
CHENNAI: The State government has ordered that vaccines for A (H1N1) be administered free of cost to those belonging to below poverty line (BPL). Disclosing this in a statement on Friday, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said the vaccines would be administered at government hospitals in district headquarters. Centre supplied medicines …
CHENNAI is fast emerging a hub in engineering design, R &D; and product development for a number of global players. Companies across sectors- automobile, telecom, infrastructure, wind energy have set up their centres in the city encouraged by the good eco-system, talent pool and growing number of original equipment manufacturers …
OPPOSITION to the Tamil Nadu government's plan to construct a greenfield airport at Sriperumbudur near Chennai is growing. On August 12, around 3,000 people from 26 villages were lathicharged when they staged a demonstration against the project. The reason: the airport plan requires about 1,821 hectares and protestors say most …
