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 …
Gokul Chandrasekar | ENS Around 475 outlets of untreated sewage continue to pollute Cooum River even now, when the government has been trying to restore it. Metrowater till date has identified 57 of them, which they hope to plug in a few years -- Sitharam Gurumurthi Waterways in the city …
G Saravanan | ENS The City Corporation is considering a blanket ban on the sale of drinking water packets from April. The reason: Most of them are spurious. A detailed order is expected in the next couple of weeks. Opposition Floor Leader in the Corporation Saidai P Ravi had earlier …
Petrol and diesel prices in 13 major cities are set to go up, with the petroleum ministry considering a higher price for Euro-IV complaint fuels. This, in effect, would mean, a second price hike for consumers in less than two months. Petroleum retailers in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad …
Every movement needs a poster boy. India's quest for securing its water needs could use Rajiv Mittal. At 49, the Managing Director of VA Tech Wabag, is one of the younger water entrepreneurs who are changing the way we treat the liquid that sustains our life. Mittal was sent to …
Ajai Sreevatsan Ambient air quality in the city has significantly deteriorated over the past decade and officials across the enforcement spectrum from the Transport Department to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) admit that the existing mechanisms to control vehicular pollution, which is the largest contributor, have largely been …
TANNERIES in and around Chennai are dumping about 3,000 kilolitres of waste per day into the city's water- ways and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is working out strate- gies to make the units adhere to zero discharge, according to R Ramachan- dran, member secretary, TNPCB. At a seminar …
CHENNAI: Residents of various parts of Triplicane have complained that they have been receiving sewage mixed drinking water for over two weeks now. Households on several streets such as Easwaradas Street, T.P.Koil Street, Car Street, Singarachari Street and South Tank Square Street said that the problem has become severe in …
The objective was to study dengue vector breeding patterns under a variety of conditions in public and private spaces; to explore the ecological, biological and social (eco-bio-social) factors involved in vector breeding and viral transmission, and to define the main implications for vector control.
CHENNAI Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) has successfully installed Diesel Hydotreating (DHDT) reactor, at its Manali refinery to produce clean diesel, meeting the Euro-IV specifications as per the auto fuel policy of the Centre. K Balachandran, managing director, CPCL told reporters here on Tuesday that the DHDT reactor has been set …
T Muruganandham | ENS IT TOOK A POLITICAL AGITATION AND THE RECENT PRODDING BY CHIEF MINISTER M KARUNANIDHI FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BABUS TO REALISE THAT MOSQUITOES WERE MORE THAN IRRITANTS; THEY COULD BE KILLERS. EXPRESS EXAMINES THE SCENARIO THERE is a buzz around town. No, it's is not about …
G Saravanan | ENS THE Chennai Corporation recently woke up and intensified fogging and fumigation at all vulnerable points following a spate of complaints. The banks of the several channels and storm water drains crisscrossing Chennai saw civic staff engaged in spraying anti-larvaecite in large numbers. Besides that, the Corporation …
Meera Srinivasan Students of some Corporation schools have little choice CHENNAI: Students in some of the Corporation schools in the city are in a fix. They cannot use the toilet when they need to, due to lack of hygiene and poor maintenance. The stench near the primary block in the …
Anna University Vice-Chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar handing over a guide on seismic risk evaluation of buildings to Chief Engineer (General) of PWD S. Jayaraman at a function in Chennai on Thursday. CHENNAI: The Public Works Department (PWD) is all set to make a seismic risk evaluation of the government buildings …
Leo Finch OVER the last decade, our planet has been subjected to a lot of harm. Increased green house gas emissions, water and land pollution, thinning of the ozone layer and endangering species to name a few of these harmful acts that we put the Earth through. On a good …
Aloysius Xavier Lopez Special glazing work on the Assembly building is part of the green measures. CHENNAI: The consultant in charge of the green ratings for the new Assembly complex will request the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) to expedite the process of review of the green aspects of the …
