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 …
Tamil Nadu Packaged Drinking Water Manufacturers' Association voices concern CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation Council on Thursday passed a resolution seeking a ban on drinking water sachets in the city. Coliform bacteria, faecal matter Mayor M. Subramanian said the drinking water sold in polythene sachets in the city had been found …
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS COME summer and diarrhoea, chicken pox, measles and skin allergies take the fun out of the holidays that children look forward to all year. City doctors have reported a surge in the number of such diseases this season. At the Institute of Child Health, five to …
The Melur Combined Water Supply scheme has been extended CHENNAI: Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced in the Assembly on Monday a slew of drinking water schemes for various municipalities, town panchayats and rural habitations. Replying to a discussion on demands on the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Mr.Stalin …
CHENNAI: ISHA Foundation on Sunday conducted a run for water initiative to create awareness among Chennaites on the need to conserve water and preserve water bodies. The event, which was originally to be conducted in association with
K.Lakshmi and Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation is in discussion with the State government to ban the sale of water sachets in the city. Mayor M. Subramanian told mediapersons on Tuesday that the matter had been taken up with the Department of Health and that he would soon …
C Shivakumar | ENS MORE than 20 people from North Chennai were admitted to the Communicable Diseases Hospital in Tondiarpet in the last two days after they showed symptoms of cholera. Hospital sources said, "In the last two days, more than 90 patients were referred to the hospital for di …
CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation will refurbish the Otteri urban forest and herbal park at a cost of Rs.1 crore, said Mayor M.Subramanian. Inspecting the herbal park on Sunday, Mr. Subramanian said that the renovated urban forest would be thrown open to public in November 2010 and be one of the …
The decision to purchase recyclable plastic waste would encourage source segregation and help in better waste management. CHENNAI: Mayor M.Subramanian on Tuesday announced that the Chennai Corporation would purchase recyclable plastic waste from residents at Rs.2 per kg. Launching the civic body's source segregation programme in Aminjikarai by distributing plastic …
Gokul Vannan | ENS A FTER decades, the Chennai traffic police are taking nano steps towards checking vehicular air pollution. On January 16, they acquired 16 mobile units mounted on Bolero MUVs consisting of multi-gas analysers stationed at various points and check vehicles at random. To date, 8,363 vehicles (3,599 …
The big difference between the petrol and diesel taxes has caused an increased usage of diesel run cars, the main culprit in fouling up the air A ROUND five months ago, the ministry for environment and forests (MoEF) released a revised national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS), which it claims …
The Central Pollution Control Board website claims that an ac tion plan for monitoring and controlling emissions was prepared and many of its provisions were implemented as early as 2003. Yet, the RSPM levels in Chennai have not gone down, ac cording to the data provided by the pollution board. …
It cost Rs 1,171 crore, took 16 long years to build and was projected to carry six lakh people a day. Chennai's Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) covers a distance of about 20 km and passes through (mostly as an elevated structure) some of the most congested localities in the …
The objective of this study was to investigate the poorly understood relationship between the process of urbanization and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) through the application of a quantitative measure of urbanicity.
Sandeep Joshi NEW DELHI: From Thursday, petrol and diesel prices will go up in 13 cities, including the four metros, where stricter Bharat Stage-IV emissions norms are being implemented, requiring the sale of upgraded and less polluting fuel. The retail price of petrol will go up by around 50 paise …
The prices of petrol and diesel will increase by Rs 0.50 and Rs 0.26 a litre, respectively, from April 1 in 13 big cities that switch to cleaner Euro-IV grade fuel. Thirteen big cities
The facility installed at a total cost of Rs.1.74 lakh CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation on Wednesday launched waterless urinals at Ripon Building. Seven urinals that do not require water for flushing but use a chemical to absorb the liquid have been installed at a total cost of Rs.1.74 lakh. Speaking …
TAKING a cue from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on new sanitation measures, the Chennai Corporation on Wednesday launched waterless urinals at Ripon Building
K.Lakshmi Project report to be prepared within three months Set to change: Burning of garbage at Kilburn Nagar dumping yard is expected to reduce with the Madhavaram Municipality planning solid waste management measures. CHENNAI: The Madhavaram Municipality has approached the Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University, to prepare a detailed …
Of the 125-acre Pallikaranai marshland Heated arguments mark a public hearing in Velachery on Tuesday. CHENNAI: The Integrated Solid Waste Processing plant proposed by the Chennai Corporation at the Perungudi dump yard will occupy 30 acres of the 125-acre Pallikaranai marshland. The remaining area will be converted into green spaces, …
Public hearing on Perungudi Municipal Solid Waste Processing Plant IT was a disaster -the public hearing on Tuesday organised by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on the Chennai Corporation's proposed Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Processing Plant at the Perungudi dumpyard. Politicians and their henchmen hijacked the meeting and the …
