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 …
Stringent checks on producers suggested The decision of many retail stores to start charging between Re. 1 and Rs. 7 from customers for every plastic carrybag is among the recent initiatives in the city to dissuade shoppers from using more of it. However, it has not gone well with most …
Everyday kitchen and garden waste can be recycled judiciously with a little effort. It can also pay rich dividends, some experiments in the city show. The Chennai Corporation has offered assistance to large apartment complexes by offering to collect non-biodegradable waste and excess manure. In poorer neighbourhoods, the civic body …
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, will spend £7 million on the 2012 London Olympics. The same company has refused to clean …
Handing over e-waste to the nearest waste collector may not be a good idea A decade-old computer system, a dozen broken CDs, an old cell phone or two and chargers, and an old television set – items that would still be part of many households. If you thought giving them …
Though the city has over 5.5 lakh cars, there are only about 3,100 legal on-street parking slots Prevailing parking rates in the city are among the lowest anywhere in the world. Car users are pampered so much that even hawkers pay double the amount to use street space. While hawkers …
CHENNAI: In an effort to fulfill the drinking water needs of Chennai, a new reservoir would be set up in Tiurvallur district, besides desilting work on six other lakes at an estimated cost of `620 crore, Minister for Public Works KV Ramalingam said here on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at …
“I am proud to be part of a team that works towards minimising pollution levels and saving the earth for future generations,” says K.Thamilselvan, a field assistant of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). He is part of the team of personnel involved in manning five stations as part of …
A high-level committee under the textiles ministry is meeting on August 24 to take stock of the prevailing situation in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu. Over 700 textile units engaged mainly in dyeing and bleaching business have been shut since January 2010 on a Madras High Court order. The court ordered the …
Inordinate delay in issuance and execution of the order to seal the dyeing units caught operating illegally, despite a closure order by the Madras High Court, has raised doubts on the sincerity of officials in enforcing pollution control methods in the Tirupur knitwear cluster. Sealing Sealing of 21 dyeing/ bleaching …
Hindustan Motors launched VEER, a 0.8-tonne (800 kg) small commercial vehicle (SCV) here on Monday saying that more launches are in the pipeline within this fiscal year. A change in the product mix is also being planned. While these vehicles are set to be made from the Pithampur unit, it …
CHENNAI: Expediting her efforts to see a litter-free State capital very soon, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday set a three-month deadline for cleaning up the entire Chennai and its suburban areas. Making a suo motu statement in the State Assembly, the Chief Minister said a ‘Mass Cleaning Programme’ would …
Infrastructure will get a boost In a move to boost infrastructure in the city, the State government on Thursday announced a Rs.500-crore ‘mega city' development mission for Chennai and its suburbs. Announcing this in the Assembly, Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam said in his revised budget for 2011-12 that Rs.500 crore …
CHENNAI: In what could be a significant step in the journey towards turning Chennai into a clean metropolis, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday conducted an aerial survey of the city and its suburbs. The evaluation is part of efforts to remove solid waste, including plastics, from the city. That …
CHENNAI: Finance minister O Panneerselvam on Thursday announced two major initiatives for Chennai city —the Chennai Mega City Development Mission (CMCDM), to be implemented at Rs 500 crore, and augmentation of the reservoir capacity by 4.20 tmcft at a cost of Rs 1,851 crore. Presenting the Budget for 2011-12 in …
CHENNAI: India occupies the second position in Asia where the most number of natural disasters occur, according to a senior UN expert. “Sixty percent of India’s landmass is susceptible to earthquakes, 14 million hectares are prone to floods and 8000 km of the country’s coastline is prone to cyclones,” said …
‘Stress factor' of trees to calculate risk to road-users For the next five months, every Saturday, about 5,000 students from various schools and colleges will be seen measuring trees on the streets of the city. The students are part of an exercise to develop a census of the tree population …
CHENANI: In an effort to quench the thirst of the 4.42-lakh people in the Ambattur municipality, the Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) will build 22 overhead tanks and lay water pipelines at a cost of Rs 268 crore by November. Managing director of CMWSSB Dr K Gopal …
Actor Vikram hopes tagline “B Podu” catches on This is one campaign that intends to go viral, especially among schoolchildren and college-going youth. “Liver 4 Life”, an initiative launched by MIOT Hospitals, aims to raise public understanding about the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and promote vaccination against infection by organising …
One step is the installation of retro-reflective display boards giving names of roads and directions to landmarks With the tourist season being rather dull now, tourists from European countries particularly students, professionals on corporate tours and some domestic tourists are the only relief for tour operators and travel planners. October …
Arguing that the initial years of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board were dominated by the priorities of the then ruling party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, whose government created it in 1971, this paper points out that shelter policies in the state had a formal orientation away from eviction and …
