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 …
G Saravanan Three more bridges at Turn Bulls Road, Alandur Road and Jones Road place the city among a select few that have highest infrastructure in the country WITH the inauguration of three more bridges slated on Friday, Chennai would become one of the few cities in the whole country …
Greeshma Gopal Giri | ENS Chennai, December 9 HUGE chimneys emitting dark fumes mark the skyline of north Chennai. Dusty roads, and heavy traffic are other features of this region, which has seen rapid industrialisation, and is developing into the most polluted part of the city. At least two power …
CHENNAI: And, now technology that helps segregate plastic based on the polymer to curb wastage during recycling or filter out the bad mangoes in the bunch to ensure that only good fruit enters the market. The Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) unit in Chennai on Wednesday transferred to industry …
If we remove all encroachments along the banks of Cooum river and arrest sewage inflow to the river basin, the restoration proj ect will be over by 50 per cent (Above) The site map and conceptual sketch of the proposed plan for the Cooum river restoration project In the first …
Greeshma Gopal Giri PUNGENT smell, toxic fumes and plagues of mosquitoes are part of everyday life of residents around Kodungaiyur dumpyard. Local people are concerned that the dumping and burning of garbage near their homes is detrimental to their health and environment. "Garbage from different zones of the city is …
M G Devasahayam ENRIQUE Penalosa, a former mayor of Bogota, Colombia known globally for his successful people-centric urban development projects especially in public transportation, stirred up a hornet's nest when he was in town the other day . He is widely considered the `Guru' of public transportation. Addressing a cross-disciplinary …
M G Devasahayam ENRIQUE Penalosa, a former mayor of Bogota, Colombia known globally for his successful people-centric urban development projects especially in public transportation, stirred up a hornet's nest when he was in town the other day . He is widely considered the `Guru' of public transportation. Addressing a cross-disciplinary …
M G Devasahayam ENRIQUE Penalosa, a former mayor of Bogota, Colombia known globally for his successful people-centric urban development projects especially in public transportation, stirred up a hornet's nest when he was in town the other day . He is widely considered the `Guru' of public transportation. Addressing a cross-disciplinary …
Shyam Balasubramanian | ENS Govt claims it will plant saplings; experts say there is no space THE new seat of the Tamil Nadu government is set to come at a heavy environmental cost. An estimated 2,000 trees, including avenue trees (which will be cleared for road-widening work), will have to …
Green hopes: Chennai delegates to the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen hand over a statement of expectations to Chennai Mayor M. Subramanian at the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai on Tuesday. CHENNAI: From academics and researchers to students and activists, the city of Chennai will have a diverse representation …
There was never a doubt that the i-pill and other emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) would prove to be immensely popular among women in India when they were introduced two years ago. That's because India records 11 million abortions annually and a shocking 20,000 women die because of abortion-related complications. What …
K. Lakshmi For all multi-storeyed and special buildings 320 multi-storeyed buildings were asked to install under pilot project seven months ago Special buildings, which have three floors, have been included CHENNAI: Chennai Metrowater is planning to make it mandatory for all multi-storeyed and special buildings to install sewer gratings, as …
G Saravanan | ENS WITH a view to putting an end to Corporation councillors' hegemony over the `maintenance' of city's public convenience, the civic body has planned to introduce coin-operated wa terless public urinals soon. According to Ripon Building sources, initially, the civic body plans to set up such urinals …
M G Devasahayam The structures facing the promenade form a heritage asset. But neither the TN govt nor the hyperactive Union Ministry of Environment & Forest has done anything to preserve this eco-system, says CHENNAI'S world famous Marina is in the news. Not for its blue waters and white sands …
The root cause for the floods is choking and blocking of natural drains and `infrastructure development'. A typical example is the monstrosity called MRTS that has killed Buckingham canal as a flood carrier, says M G Devasahayam T h f s he oft-heard refrain in the armed orces runs thus: …
HEAVY rains battered Chennai on Friday, bringing normal life to a standstill and causing widespread damage to roads, and probems for vehicles, even as the weatherman predicted that the downpour would last till Sunday morning in coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Official s o u r c e s maintained …
Aloysius Xavier Lopez CHENNAI: The new Assembly complex coming up in the city will aim for a lower green rating than what was decided earlier. It would pursue the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) requirements for earning at least 40 green rating points. This is expected to give …
Efficient solid waste management is critical because it concerns public health, hygiene and sanitation of every citizen. Honour of the city is also involved. Talking of `global city' with waterways turned into sewages and streets littered and stinking is the worst form of hypocrisy, says M G Devasahayam In the …
FOR the first time, the 321year-old Chennai Corporation will host the all-India mayors' conference on climate change, in January next year. Announcing this at a council meet here on Thursday, Mayor M Subramanian said, "The proposal is underway and the final decision will be taken by chief minister and deputy …
