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 …
CHENNAI: A comprehensive groundwater regulatory authority will be established soon to address issues of water quality and availability in Chennai Metropolitan area. The move is aimed at weaning the city's residents away from an unsustainable dependence on groundwater and to impose strict control on the use of sub-surface water. “A …
Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests launched the Real time Ambient Noise Monitoring Network here today. In its first phase, it will cover 35 stations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. MoEF has also received Rs 200 crores under bioremediation for the first time …
The trend towards green buildings needs strong policy initiatives to maintain the momentumIf you were to move into ZED Collective, a residential enclave in Bangalore, you need not shop for half your vegetable supplies.
A recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board has exonerated vehicles of being the worst polluters in Delhi and Mumbai. Instead, it has pinned down liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as the biggest source of fine pollutants. Experts have contested the study, saying the findings are unsubstantiated and scientifically untenable. …
The responsibility of municipalities to provide crucial services is being increasingly passed on to the resident welfare associations located in middle and upper middle class areas in cities. Similar tools of intervention are absent in the slums and low-income neighbourhoods and even the local ward committees fail to represent their …
Projections of the incidence of cancer serve several purposes. These range from making investment decisions on cancer treatment facilities and planning manpower requirements, to formulation and evaluation of policies for control of cancer. Different statistical methods can be used for such projections. In recent years, these have been translated to …
This report contains studies in Chennai and Delhi led by Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan and Dr. Uma Rajarathnam, respectively. These time-series studies of air pollution and mortality in India were funded under HEI's PAPA Program to provide information to inform regulatory and other decisions that would be relevant to local populations, …
A study that benchmarks the pedestrian infrastructure of six Indian cities was released by the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) in a publication titled ‘Walkability in Indian Cities’.The walkability study serves to help decision makers prioritize planning and investments to improve non-motorized mobility in India. In addition to …
Ask Chennai's fisherfolk and they will tell you that the road to hell is built on stilts. Various Central and state government agencies plan to construct three controversial expressways on stilts in the coastal city. These roads will displace more than 1 lakh people — mostly urban poor — and …
MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday restrained Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited (TAMIN), a State government undertaking, from quarrying near a hillock containing ancient Jain abodes, frescoes and Tamil Brahmi inscriptions at Keezhavalavu Panchayat in Melur Taluk near here. Save Jain abodes Allowing a public interest litigation petition, …
This is a critical analysis by CSE of the new six-city study on air pollution sources released by Central Pollution Control Board. Says that auto industry is misusing the study to derail tighter emissions standards and encourage polluting diesel cars. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has pressed the alarm …
KARUR: The strong indictment of effluent treatment plants and polluting units in Tirupur by the Madras High Court which has ordered their immediate closure has come as a shot in the arm for the eco conservationists in Karur. Now they have pitched strongly for the shutdown of all polluting units …
Ajai Sreevatsan Prime location: One of the flyovers on Anna Salai will come up near the new Secretariat. CHENNAI: Speaking at a function here recently, Mayor M.Subramanian said that four new flyovers would be inaugurated within a year and Chennai will soon be christened as
Tamil Nadu: The north-east monsoon, 50 per cent in excess in the State, claims over 200 lives and destroys crops and infrastructure. A SERIES of weather systems, including a cyclone that missed Chennai narrowly, saw the skies open up over Tamil Nadu between November 4 and December 5, the period …
A study suggests that pigeons, which fly using the earth's magnetic field, are getting confused by signals from cellphone towers EVEN as pigeon-racing finds more patronage in the city, urbanisation has begun to pose new threat to mankind
Sharadha Narayanan CONCERNED over the extent of lead poisoning among people through exposure to enamel paint in buildings, the Consumer Association of India (CAI) has planned to set up a laboratory to test lead content in blood. The lab is said to be the first such initiative in the city. …
Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, once said that to look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of fibrous tumour. It is probably an apt description of how India
Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, once said that to look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of fibrous tumour. It is probably an apt description of how India
Any time now female Olive Ridley turtles will start crawling on beaches in and around the city. When they do, it will be among the few times they will leave the sea to perform one of the most important activities of their lives -- laying eggs. They will then leave …
