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 …
Environmentalist and writer Sunita Narain on Wednesday said parking charges should be on a par with the real estate prices in the area. "Why should parking be so cheap or free? Can we run offices like that," she asked while addressing a lecture organised by Transparent Chennai, a city-based non-governmental …
CHENNAI: The city is waking up to the threat faced by the Muttukadu estuary due to unbridled urbanisation that has resulted in high-rises and industries on its banks. Experts and environment activists are alleging that these new structures are putting the ground water table at coastal Chennai to grave risk. …
Experts Cite Unsafe Water, Poor Sanitation, Malnutrition As Causes The city recorded as many as 6,480 cases of acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD) in between 2011 and 2013, data obtained by TOI shows. The number of cases increased from 1,612 in 2011 to 2,314 in 2013, which health experts say can …
There is an urgent need to expand the public transport system in the city, said former managing director of Metropolitan Transport Corporation and traffic consultant R Krishnamurthy. He was delivering the Engineer R Thillainayagam Endowment Lecture on ‘Transportation scenario and Road Safety in Chennai’ here on Friday. According to statistics …
In the wake of boost from the Budget & RBI move on affordable housing, Tata Housing & Mahindra Lifespace, among others, plan new launches Helped by the government’s budget moves and the Reserve Bank’s (RBI’s) recent notification on affordable housing, the big names in the segment are gearing for new …
As part of a plan to create slum-free cities, the government on Tuesday announced that 10,000 flats would be constructed in Chennai and other cities and towns in the state. “To fulfil the Vision 2023 and slum-free cities plan of the Union and state governments, the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance …
Gives 72 Ha Of Pallikaranai Marsh To Forest Dept For Conservation In a move that won praise from environmentalists, the state government has given up its plan to establish a financial city on 71.58 hectares of wetland in Perumbakkam. The land has been now been handed over to the forest …
At least 40 per cent of those dying on Indian roads are below 24 years of age, shows a recent study on road mishaps in the country. According to a report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), as many as 53 per cent of the victims in the bracket …
LUCKNOW: About 16 people die and 58 are injured every hour in India due to road accidents - the death rate, in fact, is equivalent to wiping out about 40 per cent of the population of a small nation like Maldives in a year. And Delhi has the highest number …
CHENNAI: The State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority should complete the impact assessment on the IIT Madras campus and file a status report within 15 days, directed the Southern bench of National Green Tribunal on Wednesday. The bench of judicial member Justice M Chockalingam and expert member R Nagendran said SEIAA …
Delhi with fast-growing rate of urbanisation is the second most water-stressed cities in the world according to this new research published in Global Environmental Change Journal which has mapped 500 large cities to determine how global urbanisation is affecting water supplies. Kolkata (6), Chennai (18), Bangalore (19) and Hyderabad (20) …
`Most Buildings Have Harvesting Systems, Maintenance A Problem' Most buildings in the city are equipped with robust rainwater harvesting systems, says a survey by Metrowater. The study said more than 95% of the 6.5 lakh systems it surveyed, in various structures including 34,000 multistorey buildings, were “properly maintained“ and could …
The Chennai Corporation is aiming for a clean sweep to tackle problems of female hygiene and access to sanitation -special `She Toilets' have been planned for women in 348 locations across the city and will be opened by the end of the year. They will also be the first etoilets …
Figuring out a ‘bankable project’ to treat and generate energy out of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) continues to top the agenda of the State Government, according to Santha Sheela Nair, Vice-Chairperson of the State Planning Commission. Chairing a seminar session as part of an international conference organised by the Tamil …
The city witnessed high pollution last weekend as the concentration of particulate matter (PM10) suspended in the atmosphere exceeded the permissible limit of 100 micro grams per cubic metre. While the PM10 level increased to over 600 micro grams per cubic metre several times on Saturday, it crossed 800 on …
With the new government at the Centre looking to quicken the nod for infrastructure projects, Chennai-based activist Arun Krishnamurthy cautions that development should never be at the cost of environmental damage. The 26-year-old quit a well paid job at Google and got out of his comfort zone to start Environmentalist …
Advocate appearing for the petroleum corporation listed out the short- and long-term measures taken Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on Tuesday filed an ‘action taken’ report with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, in connection with the oil leak incident in north Chennai last year. The action taken report, …
30 Restaurants To Send Food Waste To Corporation Plant That Will Generate 2MW Of Electricity A Day Food waste will no longer go into the garbage bin in hotels across thecity. The corporation has decided to collect kitchen waste from restaurants to power its biomethanation plant in Pulianthope. Major chains …
CHENNAI: More than 15,000 buildings along the coastline are likely to be enumerated by the Chennai Corporation for violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification. Sources told City Express that Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) will furnish maps indicating the CRZ areas. The Corporation authorities will mark the areas in …
In the last four days, residents of a few areas in Chennai have complained of contaminated drinking water supply. On Tuesday, residents of Buchammal Street in New Washermenpet protested as officials had failed to respond to their year-long demand to replace old drinking water pipelines. “We have been getting contaminated …
