Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
For every day that the opening of Chennai metro rail is de layed, the city is paying a price - a huge price in terms of public health. While the original deadline to open the initial 10km stretch between Koyambedu and Alandur was December 2013, a year and half have …
The objective of this study was to devise an intervention program to improve body mass index (BMI) and serum lipid profile of obese school children in the age group of 10 to 15 years.
With conventional energy sources being limited in their availability, the search for alternative renewable energy sources is inevitable. Solar energy, an inexhaustible renewable energy is considered a vital source for a developing country like India, where there is a major deficit between the demand and supply of electricity. Crowded urban …
The Madras high court has directed the tahsildar of Alandur to consider and take suitable action on a petition alleging widespread encroachment near Putheri lake in Pallavaram municipality. N Krishnan, 75, the petitioner and a resident of Jameen Royapettai village, said the lake that originally measured 10.48 acres had shrunk …
Chennai and Mumbai are the only big Indian cities with an effective system to manage biomedical waste, whereas Delhi and other north Indian state capitals have a poor record, a study has found. The survey by the International Clinical Epidemiology Network published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, covered …
CHENNAI: An estimated 5 lakh visitors and hundreds of unauthorised hawkers turned Marina Beach into a dumping ground, leaving behind more than 50 tonnes of plastic, paper and wet waste on three days of Pongal celebrations. New Year celebrations, by comparison, generated around 5 tonnes of waste on the beach. …
The Pallavaram municipality has submitted to the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT), Southern Bench, that it will put a stop to garbage dumping in Ganapathypuram around the Pallavaram periya eri after March 31. A recent report submitted by the Pallavaram municipal commissioner to the tribunal stated that work on a scientific …
The ministry of urban development has accorded an ‘in-principle’ approval to the Tamil Nadu government for taking up the Chennai Monorail Project (CMP) phase-1. Under the project, monorail services will be provided between Poonamalle and Kathipara with a link from Porur to Vadapalani with a total length of 20.68 km, …
Rising air pollution in Chennai is making more people sick with respiratory illnesses, especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), say experts. According to data released by System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research, which conducts regular air quality checks in metros, Chennai ranks second in air pollution after …
In a city whose 65 lakh population has just 900 toilets, the corporation has come up with the idea of setting up electronic toilets as a solution. Two e-toilets set up on Gandhi Mandapam Road will be open to the public soon. By year-end, there will be such facilities in …
Most Victims Of Disease Are Children The evening in recent days brought people in the city some respite from the heat, but they also carried with them viral infections, fever and dengue. Doctors say there has been an increase in dengue cases over the past two weeks. Patients are reporting …
A presentation on reducing traffic congestion, especially on bus routes, was made to a committee on Monday The collection of data on roads suitable for bus rapid transit system (BRTS) to realise the goal of ‘zero traffic congestion’ on bus routes has started. As part of a presentation on reducing …
6,650 And Counting, Masts Throw DoT Guidelines To Winds The number of cell phone towers in the city is going up, and so is public awareness on the debated ill effects of electromagnetic radiation they emit. Data obtained by TOI from telecom enforcement and resource monitoring (TERM) cell of department …
Outlying Areas Like Ambattur At Highest Threat Of Disease The occasional spells of rain in the city over the past few days have led to a sharp spike in vector-borne diseases, especially chikun gunya, in the city, particularly in outlying areas like Ambattur. Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to …
The city corporation will soon commission a study to assess how much garbage has been dumped in the two landfills Kodungaiyur and Pallikaranai. This will be the first time the civic body is compiling data to understand the quantity and type of waste generated. This, officials said, will help them …
Chennai Metrowater is set to launch mobile digital labs to monitor water Soon, city residents will be able to ascertain the quality of piped Metrowater without much hassle. Chennai Metrowater is set to launch mobile digital laboratories that will help monitor the water. The mobile labs, fitted with modern equipment …
A waste-to-energy plant where power supply is generated from garbage is likely to be commissioned by January 2015. The plant in Venkatamangalam is expected to significantly reduce the strain on open spaces in some of the bigger urban pockets in the city’s southern suburbs such as Tambaram and Pallavaram by …
A waste-to-energy plant where power supply is generated from garbage is likely to be commissioned by January 2015. The plant in Venkatamangalam is expected to significantly reduce the strain on open spaces in some of the bigger urban pockets in the city’s southern suburbs such as Tambaram and Pallavaram by …
Vaishnavi, an IT professional, visits the Mylapore temple every Thursday. It's the day she worships the Dakshinamurthy as guru. This Thursday, however, she learned a lesson regarding the use of plastics. When she and her family entered the temple, they were stopped. "We had a plastic bag containing flowers and …
Over the years, the city has lost nearly 100 species of native shrubs, trees and grasses due to various factors, including sewage contamination of water bodies, increased demand for biological oxygen, and introduction of alien species Trees are the best monuments that a man can erect to his own memory. …
