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 …
THE Madras High Court has constituted a special committee, headed by the chairman and managing director of Chennai Metro Water Supply & Sewerage Board, to make suggestions to improve the existing system of sewerage and to eradicate manual cleaning of blocks in the sewerage and septic tanks. A division bench …
GREEN TOUCH: Information and Urban Development Minister Parithi Illamvazhuthi planting a sapling at the Koyambedu wholesale market complex on Wednesday.
M G Devasahayam Urbanisation driven by globalisation keeps majority of the citizens away from the development stream and Chennai is no exception "INDIA lives in its villages," said Mahatma Gandhi, over six decades ego. No longer. At least not in Tamil Nadu, the first major State to reach the historical …
The Chennai Corporation, other local bodies moving slowly in desilting stormwater drains and canals Set for repeat?: Will the city face similar challenges this monsoon? A submerged road in Valasaravakkam last year. Poor garbage disposal compounds the problem. Garbage being dumped in Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar.
Chief Secretary reviews status of the project work GETTING READY: A view of one of the units at the desalination plant near Minjur that is expected to be commissioned in October. CHENNAI: Treated water from the desalination plant at Kattupalli near Minjur will be supplied to the city from early …
Nemili unit to have daily capacity of 100 million litres. The desalination plant at Minjur near Chennai R. Balaji Chennai, July 31 even groups of Indian and international infrastructure companies are bidding for the Rs 950-crore desalination project to come up to the south of Chennai. According to sources, the …
Unless an integrated and optimisation-centric strategy is pursued, Chennai may end up having a sub-optimal suburban rail network, disjoined bus system and a stand-alone big-ticket showpiece called Chennai Metro, warns M G Devasahayam There has been no public consultation or participation by the `people of Chennai' in the decision making …
T. Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: This July can well be regarded as the hottest July in 40 years, going by the meteorological data recorded in the two observatories
THE gateway to South India, Chennai, which has numerous heritage buildings, can be proud for yet another reason. The city houses the maximum number of `Green Buildings' in the country. At a press conference here on Tuesday, K P Pradeep, publisher of `The Masterbuilder', said there were 34 green buildings …
Aloysius Xavier Lopez Green building uses less energy, water and healthier for insiders GOING GREEN: The new Legislative Assembly complex coming up in Chennai . CHENNAI: The construction project of the new Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Complex has been registered with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for a green …
Ajai Sreevatsan and Sruthi Krishnan Expectations galore about the comprehensive e-waste policy to be drawn up by the government MAJOR PROBLEM: Is the city equipped to safely dispose of the huge amount of e-waste it generates? CHENNAI: Constant chatter on the mobile phone and checking e-mails 24/7
CHENNAI: The level of total suspended particulate matter in the ambient air at a traffic junction in Vallalar Nagar during the 24-hour period ending 6 a.m. on Friday was 302 micrograms/cubic metre as against the permissible limit of 200 micrograms/cubic metre. The level of respirable suspended particulate matter at the …
MINISTER for Animal Husbandry, Pongalur N Palanisamy on Saturday announced that a world-class bio-safety lab would be established at Padappai near Chennai at a cost of Rs 50 crore The Central government will set up this lab and the State government had given 30 acre land free of cost, the …
CHENNAI: The level of total suspended particulate matter (TSPM) in the ambient air at a traffic intersection in Vallalar Nagar during the 24-hour period ending 6 a.m. on Tuesday was 312 microgram/cubic metre. The permissible limit is 200 microgram/cubic metre. According to data provided by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control …
ENLIGHTENING: Actor R.Sarath Kumar switches on an LED light bulb as part of the run-up to the 99999 lights-out campaign, in Chennai on Sunday. Exnora International Founder M.B.Nirmal is in the picture. CHENNAI: An acceleration meet was organised for the 99999 lights-out campaign by Exnora here on Sunday. R. Sarath …
