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 …
Air pollution levels will be monitored at as many as 14 locations in the city this Bhogi by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). This would be five more than last year and the decision to increase the number of locations was taken in view of expanded Chennai Corporation limits. …
German Consul General delivers convocation address at Geedee Technical Training Institute Renewable energy was a potential sector that industries could focus on. Around 20 per cent of energy requirements in Germany was met through renewable energy. The Government had decided to gradually phase out all the nuclear plants by 2022, …
The change in the land use pattern due to rapid urbanization adversely affects the hydrological processes in a catchment, leading to a deteriorating water environment. The increase in impervious areas disrupts the natural water balance. Reduced infiltration increases runoff and leads to higher flood peaks and volumes even for short …
CHENNAI: As work on the grade separator project at the Anna Arch junction on E V R Salai (Poonamalee High Road) kicks off, close to 10 trees opposite the Aringnar Anna Government hospital of Indian Medicine were pulled down in the last few days. Six fully grown trees were chopped …
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Managing Director E. Sreedharan has urged the State government to pursue the Phase-II expansion of the Chennai metro rail network. Observing that there has been a “violent shift” in policy ever since the new government came to power in the State, he said that the …
The Chennai Monorail network was supposed to be constructed rapidly and branch out into the city's booming suburbs. A 2014 deadline was set for the operational inauguration of at least one of the four lines in the 111-km long Phase-I. But the lack of enough eligible participants in the bidding …
“80 per cent of school students are getting less than eight hours of sleep on school days” Children aged between 10 and 18 are spending an average of six to seven hours a day using some kind of electronic device in big cities. This can lead to negative outcomes such …
As the “Metro Man”, the Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Dr. E. Sreedharan, prepares to hang up his boots at the end of this year, he says he is reasonably satisfied with his experience of giving Delhi a world class public transport system, and over how the Delhi …
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court praying for a direction to the State government authorities and police to take appropriate further action on a complaint of November 21 to ensure that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is commissioned with full safety and security …
Chennai South Indian cities have swept majority of the top-ten slots on the Livability Index 2011, compiled by the Institute for Competitiveness, an international think-tank. While Chennai, the most densely populated city in India, ranked fifth on the index, Hyderabad was at number four. Following the 'big brother' cities were …
CHENNAI: Considering the fact that a large quantum of rain water goes to sea during the monsoon seasons due to the insufficient storage capacity of the resources that provide drinking water to Chennai city, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday allocated Rs 130 crore for deepening the lakes around Chennai. …
CHENNAI: With the Chennai Corporation authorities turning a blind eye to the sufferings of over the one lakh residents living in and around the highly-polluted Kodungaiyur dumping yard, the local residents, led by their MLA A Soundararajan, on Monday, hit the road seeking a permanent solution to the perennial problem. …
A draft plan listing out the measures required to improve the air quality in the city, including the equipment need, has been prepared by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). From regular cleaning of roads to preventing burning of garbage and garden waste, the measures suggested are many. The …
Pipping past the four metro cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, the southern technology hub Bangalore has emerged as the best city to live in India, a global survey said today. Bangalore Despite its top Indian ranking, Bangalore's worldwide rank is very low at 141st position in a …
Tamil Nadu, the most urbanised among the large States in India, has witnessed uneven urban growth. The recently released 2011 census data on urban agglomerations shows that, in the last decade, about half of the increase (about 7.4 million) in urban population has mostly occurred in four urban agglomerations: Chennai, …
Residents of Perungudi, Madhavaram and Tiruvottiyur have voiced concern over the use of dumpyards in their localities to dispose of solid waste from many of the new areas of Chennai Corporation too. In Perungudi, residents say that the Corporation must stop dumping mixed garbage and instead start source segregation on …
Under BOT, PPP models: Chief Minister An integrated traffic management system for Chennai will be introduced under the BOT (build, operate and transfer) mode and under the PPP (public-private partnership) annuity model, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced on Monday. This is to upgrade traffic management in the city to international standards, …
Panel to evaluate report which identified 100 routes The city's residents may be keenly anticipating the launch of the metro and monorail services. But, the next big innovation in public transportation may yet turn out to be the return of the humble bus — one with a shorter wheelbase and …
The Centre has cleared a proposal for laying a six-lane expressway between Bangalore and Chennai, where vehicles can zoom at a speed of up to 120 kmph. The expressway, the first of its kind in the country, will be built with public-private participation on a build-operate- transfer (BOT) basis and …
The city holds the dubious distinction of being one of the least green metros in the country. With a green cover spread over just 9.5 per cent of its geographic area, Chennai's dream of achieving the goal of 33 per cent urban forest cover by 2012, as envisaged in the …
