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 …
The city will soon get its largest facility for treating sewage generated in areas newly merged with the Chennai Corporation. Hundreds are involved in the construction of the plant, which will have the capacity to treat 120 million litres of sewage a day (mld), at Koyambedu. This will be the …
Chennai Corporation plans to commission 50,000 rainwater harvesting structures along 1,000 km of roads. “A number of rainwater harvesting structures installed on roads in Besant Nagar and Sastri Nagar are working well. Roads with 50,000 rainwater harvesting structures at an interval of 20 metres will significantly improve groundwater level,” said …
The garbage enclosures are being used as public conveniences in several places The grouping of garbage bins by installing enclosures may have partly helped in covering up overflowing garbage from public eye, but it has resulted in nuisance of a different kind. The enclosures are now being used as public …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will soon install three stations to continuously monitor ambient air quality in the city. “Orders have already been placed for the equipment costing Rs. 6 crore,” said a source in the TNPCB. The advanced equipment, which will record 12 parameters including Ammonia, Ozone …
Amidst opposition from villagers, the Water Resources Department (WRD) is looking to expedite the creation of a reservoir in Thervoy Kandigai and Kannankottai villages in Tiruvallur district to store and supply water to Chennai. A major chunk of the necessary land has been acquired. With nearly 750 acres of patta …
What do world class German cities like Munich and Berlin have in common with Tambaram? Garbage. Well, more specifically garbage bins. The special grade municipality, which generates an upwards of 100 metric tonnes of garbage every day, is all set to get world class dustbins – technology for which has …
Green tribunal responds to petition, stops construction activity till further orders The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench on Tuesday restrained the management of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras from felling trees and carrying out construction activities until further orders. Admitting an application filed by E. Seshan, an environmental activist, the …
With growing no. of vehicles, Chennai earns dubious distinction of HIGHEST LEVELS OF EXHAUST POLLUTION in a study Chennai is a city where vehicular population has grown by leaps and bounds and alongside, so has exhaust pollution. In a study on air pollution in urban areas in 2012, titled ‘Urban …
The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered notice to the Tamil Nadu government authorities on a writ petition challenging an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench here, relating to the conversion of the new Secretariat building at the Omandurar Government Estate on Anna Salai here to a …
Statement of the Minister of Environment and Forests in response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 275 for 10 February 2014, asked by Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh Naik, Shri Sanjay Dina Patil regarding noise pollution. Minister Of Environment And Forests (Dr. M. Veerappa Moily) in response to the question stated that …
The housing sector may not be shining for the metros due to slow economic growth, but small cities are making a big impact in the newly-launched Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) . While the index has shown a declining trend in the sector in cities such as Kolkata, Chennai and …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shri V.P. Krishnamoorthy Chennai & Others Vs Union of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi & Others regarding oil pipelines passing through the densely populated area in North Chennai and to discontinue immediately the use of these pipelines …
It will help them take up development projects The Shipping Ministry on Thursday unveiled the much-awaited land policy guidelines for 12 major ports in the country that will help them to undertake various development projects on a tender-cum-auction basis. Briefing reporters, Chennai Port Trust chairman Atulya Misra said the new …
The city is all set to adopt an integrated solid waste management strategy to cope with emerging challenges to implementation of projects. A meeting to finalise the report on integrated solid waste management strategy was held on Tuesday with international consultants of Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), a regional …
Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital authorities will soon send a request to Chennai Corporation for green toilets on its premises. Soon after the launch of Amma Canteen at the hospital, the toilets near it were shut down citing maintenance of hygiene. On Tuesday, a number of outpatients and attendants of …
The average ground water level in the city rose by 0.80 metres due to implementation of rainwater harvesting, according to Chennai Metro Water. A Chennai Metro Water report said the water level was 4.20 metre from the surface, but after the rain water harvesting, the water level had risen to …
Civic body to carry out re-engineering of facilities, including stormwater drains The Chennai Corporation is planning to carry out re-engineering of rainwater harvesting facilities in the city’s water bodies spread over an area of 426 sq. km. A meeting to discuss steps to be taken to improve rainwater harvesting, disaster …
In a bid to create awareness on sanitation and eradicate open defecation, several awareness campaigns were organised in the city on Tuesday, World Toilet Day. The programmes reinforced the State government’s thrust to eradicate open defecation. At Pallavaram, Commissioner of Municipal Administration Chandrakant B. Kamble interacted with school students and …
The first pilot biomethanation plant of the Chennai Corporation that uses Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) technology will be launched in Pulianthope soon. The pilot plant, which will be ready in 45 days, will have the capacity to convert two metric tonnes of bio-degradable waste into 40 KV of power …
The Chennai Corporation has decided to withdraw licences for commercial buildings that are found to have directly connected their drainage network to stormwater drains and waterways. The civic body will soon commence a survey of all properties in the city, using the services of private agencies. “The private agency will …
