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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in a canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

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 …

Urban water supply in India: status, reform options and possible lessons

Large numbers of households in cities around the developing world do not have access to one of the most basic of human needs

Chennai water supply, sewage disposal to be upgraded

Rs 1,448-cr plan for flood prevention to be implemented. Chennai, June 29 The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) will implement a Rs 2,032-crore scheme to upgrade water supply and sewage disposal in Chennai and its suburbs. Moving the demand for grants to the Municipal Administration and Water …

Saplings take the place of thaamboolam bag

30,000 saplings given to guests at wedding Unique: Guests with the saplings at the wedding of Mayor M. Subramanian

Soiled currency notes recycled into eco-friendly products

K.Lakshmi Mutilated notes turn into various products, including files, calendars and even paper weights Reuse: Samples of briquettes made of shredded currency notes and some of the recycled products on display at the RBI in Chennai. CHENNAI: Ever wondered what happens to your old, soiled currency notes? Well, they could …

Report on water contamination sought

CHENNAI: The State Human Rights Commission on Monday ordered that the Commissioner, Chennai Corporation, the Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the Chairman, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, file a report in two weeks with regard to a media report about contaminated drinking water supply at …

Rights panels directive on contaminated water issue

CHENNAI: The State Human Rights Commission on Monday ordered that the Commissioner, the Chennai Corporation, the Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the Chairman, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, file a report in two weeks with regard to a media report about contaminated drinking water supply …

Public transportation system in Chennai leaves a lot to be desired

Vidya Venkat CHENNAI: Public transportation facilities in Chennai are grossly inadequate if the goals of the Master Plan are taken into consideration. Though the Master Plan has said that a ratio of 7:30 will be desirable for public vs. private transportation by 2016, the present situation is quite opposite.

Pre-construction pest control measures needed for apartments

Aloysius Xavier Lopez Customers must look whether pre-construction pest control measures are part of the standard specifications offered by the builder. Disinfectants being sprayed at a construction site in Adambakkam. CHENNAI: S.Maruthavanan, who owns an apartment in Abhiramapuram, recently had an unforeseen expenditure of thousands of rupees as his home …

Chennai Metro Rail to roll out by 2014-15

Proposal to extend it up to Tiruvottiyur under consideration FIRST STEP: Piling work for construction of Metro Rail was inaugurated on Wednesday. CHENNAI: The Chennai Metro Rail Project will become operational by 2014-15, according to Deputy Chief Minister M.K.Stalin. Speaking to mediapersons at the launch of the piling work for …

Metrowater takes initiative to ensure equitable water distribution

K.Lakshmi It is in the process of installing sluice valves in water distribution network Improvement measures: Construction of additional underground sumps such as this one in Kilpauk Water Works is part of Chennai Metrowater

World Environment Day observed with zest in city

Change and Climate Change, grand themes of the day CHENNAI: The string of activities which happened in the city on World Environment Day on Friday would have left many grassroots environmental activists, who try to reach out and create awareness all through the year, green with envy. Most of the …

New system of source segregation of garbage in four zones from June 15

CHENNAI: Conservancy agency Neel Metal Fanalca will introduce a new system of source segregation of garbage from June 15 in four zones of the Chennai Corporation, according to its vice-president G.Thirugnanasambandam. He told a press conference here on Wednesday that newly purchased tricycles would be deployed in Ice House, Adyar, …

High speed displacement

Greeshma Gopal Giri | ENS th the plans of developing the high speed corridor taking shape, slum dwellers in about 40,000 settlements ha Wiith the plans of de eloping the high speed corridor taking s in about ave ra sed relocated concern over being relocat aisedi MORE than one lakh …

Pilot study of essential drug quality in two major cities in India

India is an increasingly influential player in the global pharmaceutical market. Key parts of the drug regulatory system are controlled by the states, each of which applies its own standards for enforcement, not always consistent with others. A pilot study was conducted in two major cities in India, Delhi and …

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