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 …
Sewage outfall into river to be diverted to existing network before opening of sand bar Eco-restoration of Adyar creek and estuary, on 300 acres, is likely to take off soon. Stipulating four conditions, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has recommended coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance for the …
The Tamil Nadu Government has sanctioned ₹853.96 crore for water supply and sewerage projects in small towns and cities, according to an official press release. The projects under Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns comprise ₹441.46 crore for providing underground sewerage systems in six towns – Periyakulam, …
Moily approves two power projects, two coal mines, a port in Andhra and an oil pipeline from Chennai port Environment and forests minister M Veerappa Moily cleared six long-stalled infrastructure projects worth . 19,000 crore in the first eight days of 2014, signalling his intent that crucial industry projects will …
The National Green Tribunal, Chennai has stopped the Maramalai Nagar municipality from laying a storm water drain connecting several neighbourhoods to Potheri Lake, citing possible environmental pollution by a university campus. The direction comes on a petition by M K Dhandapani, president of the Nandhivaram-Guduvancherry panchayat union. He said the …
A detailed environmental assessment by IIT-Madras found that despite the cleanup by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in north Chennai, the volume of oil contaminating drinking water has not decreased significantly. Since July 2013, 947 barrels of oil-water have been pumped out in Tondiarpet. The study follows complaints from residents …
In an effort to increase the green cover in the city, Chennai Corporation has decided to develop 224 new parks in the expanded areas, bringing the total number of parks in the city to 486. This will still be lower than Delhi (15,000), Mumbai (1,300), Bangalore (721) and Hyderabad (709), …
Patna is at the bottom of the 50 liveable cities of India, while Mumbai is at the top. According to the latest survey by Institute for Competitiveness, an international agency, Mumbail is followed by Chennai, Hyderababad, Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkata, Noida, and Gurgaon. Pune and Nagpur which were in the …
Resolutions on reducing weight and kicking the drinking habit are common, but Chennaiites, going by a report by the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WTERT), would do well to resolve reducing generation of garbage. Data compiled by the WTERT shows the city generates about 0.71kg of garbage per capita everyday …
MUMBAI: The highlight of the exercise the fifth edition of National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-V) conducted by the Indian Coast Guard on December 10, off Mumbai, was participation of India's first Pollution Control Vessel (PCV), Indian Coast Guard ship Samudra Prahari and integration of Air Force into the Oil …
Local fishermen community has challenged clearances alleging that approvals were based on false claims made in EIA reports The power ministry has said it does not expect any delay in the progress of the 4,000 Megawatt Cheyyur Ultra Mega Power Project which is currently mired in a controversy with locals …
The Rs 24,200-cr coastal project has run into trouble because of differing views on its threat to local ecology The government's attempt at reviving investor interest in its flagship Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP) scheme after a four-year lull is headed south - quite literally. One of the two such …
You don't have to be a smoker to get chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which causes severe breathing problems. Vehicular pollution, which is increasing rapidly in our cities, is equally harmful. In Chennai, where the number of vehicles is growing alarmingly, ENT and pulmonology clinics are seeing a surge in …
Delhi on Diwali is about as happy a city as any other metro but it is certainly the noisiest and smokiest. Noise pollution was the highest in Delhi this Diwali compared to Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata, and particulate matter in the air hit an all-time high. Noise levels, which …
Delhi at Diwali is about as happy a city as any other metro - but it is also the noisiest and smokiest. Noise pollution was the highest in Delhi this Diwali compared to Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata, and particulate matter in the air hit an all-time high. Noise levels, …
The corporation has decided to move earth and water, literally, to make the city more livable. The corporation council on Thursday passed 76 resolutions, ranging from grants for amphibious vehicles to tackle mosquitoes to creating underground garbage bins. And, to discipline the errant field staff, it will introduce a biometric …
Wetland in climate mitigation: a case study of organic carbon profile of Pallikaranai wetland, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - A presentation by M. Sridevi karpagavalli at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, on Friday directed the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to convene a meeting of secretaries of the ministries of Environment and Forest and Industry, and the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu, and oil companies to chalk out a clear-cut plan to …
Even as it pulled up the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) for not making appreciable progress after submitting a preliminary report on the oil pipeline leak in North Chennai, the National Green Tribunal on Friday ordered the Union Petroleum Ministry to convene a meeting and chalk out a plan …
In 2010 memorandum, Environment Ministry exempted projects that had made substantial progress from clearance obligation The National Green Tribunal on Monday stayed the operation of an order of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) exempting projects that have attained substantial progress from obtaining prior environmental clearance. The stay will …
Almost one-fifth of the centrally-funded sewage treatment plants in the country are "non-operational", leaving millions of liters of untreated water either sink into the ground as a potential pollutant of ground water or is discharged into natural drainage system causing pollution in downstream areas. Besides, performance of nearly another one-fifth …
