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 …
Chennai: Amid a dengue outbreak and more than 11,000 cases of fever across various hospitals in the state, doctors' bodies are demanding that the state declare a 'public health emergency' to contain the communicable diseases. The Indian Public Health Association, which has surveyed ten districts in Tamil Nadu, estimates that …
CHENNAI: Greater Chennai Corporation has drawn the battle lines in its fight against dengue. One hundred and seventy-nine localities in the city have been identified as 'hotspots' for the vector-borne infection. Stepping up vigil, the civic body has mapped 179 neighbourhoods in 32 areas where more people are reporting dengue-like …
Chennai: Researchers at IIT Madras are planning to install low-cost sensors at different locations across the city for in-situ and in real-time monitoring of air pollution. Associate professor of civil engineering S M Shiva Nagendra said these sensors, embedded in a device, can be set up anywhere for they require …
CHENNAI: With dengue cases on the rise, insurance companies are targeting customers with awareness campaigns and dengue plans. Insurance aggregator PolicyBazaar.com, which has 60 million users on its site buying about 1.2 lakh policies a month, says with the increase in cases down south, more people are buying covers for …
Doctors attribute spurt in cases to water scarcity and residents storing water in open containers that serve as breeding grounds for the vector For the past few weeks, doctors in the city have been seeing a number of cases of dengue. Both children and adults have been affected, say doctors, …
Study links extreme El Nino conditions and warming of Bay of Bengal to very heavy rainfall during the northeast monsoon The extreme El Nino conditions in 2015 and the warming trend in the Bay of Bengal contributed equally to the unprecedented heavy rainfall witnessed in Chennai for three days from …
The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd, a joint venture of the Central and Tamil Nadu governments, intends to install solar power plants at its stations and the Koyambedu maintenance depot to provide 6 MW of electricity. Bengaluru-based CleanMax Solar will put up and own the solar plants and sell the power …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. S.P. Surendranath Karthik Vs Southern Railway Chennai & Others dated 26/05/2017 regarding encroachment alongside railway tracks in between Old Washermanpet and Vyasarpadi Jeeva stations, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Counsel appearing for the State of Tamil Nadu has …
Pushing industries to the city fringes doesn’t help, say activists monitoring pollution If you think that posh residential neighbourhoods such as Boat Club and Poes Garden have lesser pollution levels due to their tree cover, you are mistaken. These areas have recorded high levels of particulate matter that are lesser …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of P. Varatharajan Vs Moovarasampet Panchayat & Others dated 11/05/2017 regarding illegal dumping of municipal solid waste in the lake comprised in Survey No.44/2 of Moovarsampet Village, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu. Moovarasampet Panchayat has stated before the Tribunal …
CHENNAI: After a muck show in 2016 - when the city was 37th among cities the Centre surveyed, coming behind Trichy, Madurai and Coimbatore - Greater Chennai Corporation is keeping its fingers crossed ahead of Thursday's Swachh Survekshan 2017 announcement results, hoping for a better ranking on the back of …
CHENNAI: Nearly 50 acres of green belt around the North Chennai Thermal Power Station (NCTPS) have been allegedly cleared to facilitate the construction of the third stage of the power plant. Activists fear that 140 more acres will be wiped out before any action is taken by officials. The stage …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Ankur Khusal Construction LLP Vs. Union of India & Others dated 17/02/2017 regarding use of potable water for construction activity, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Counsel appearing for the Chennai Water Supply and Sewerage Board submits that they have not provided …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the city corporation being asked to suggest recommendations ahead of imposing interim development order (IDO) in the city, chances are high that some of the proposals in the draft master plan-2031 aimed at conserving water retention areas and green strips will be blown away. The town planning department …
A study conducted among 10 Indian metro cities investigates the impact of municipal solid waste and animal birth control programme on stray dog population and its menaces. Its results show statistically strong and positive linkages among the variables such as human population, municipal solid waste, per capita solid waste, food …
Groundwater in most southern and central parts of the city have gone down by nearly 10 feet since last November but this depleting resource could still bail out Chennai residents in case of a failed monsoon. According to rainwater harvesting expert Sekhar Raghavan, water levels in localities like Ashok Nagar …
Chennai: After wielding fogging machines, hand sprinklers and fists full of bleaching powder, the Tamil Nadu government, in a fresh attempt to kill the dengue buzz, has now launched an app. The move comes in the wake of a spike in dengue cases in the state ahead of the onset …
A firecracker shop set up outside a supermarket, flouting all norms, at Ashok Nagar in the city | ashwin prasath CHENNAI: In 2009, rows of firecracker shops in places like Parrys and Egmore were asked to shift to Island Grounds following a High Court order. This directive was given after …
Chennai: Septic shock, viral haemorrhagic fever, encephalopathy - medical jargon has often served as a smokescreen for civic and health officials who want to hide dengue deaths. This season is no different. However, this time such manoeuvres have brought them in the firing line of senior officials. In a review …
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to build a satellite terminal away from the main buildings at the Chennai airport anticipating future demand. The move, which is under consideration, is meant to create additional capacity to handle passengers within the available space without acquiring land. The plan, mooted …
