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: The level of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) in ambient air at a traffic intersection in T.Nagar during the 24-hour period ending 6 a.m. on Saturday was 137 microgram/cubic metre. The permissible limit for RSPM is 100 microgram/cubic metre. According to a data provided by the Tamil Nadu Pollution …
K.T. Sangameswaran CHENNAI: The State Human Rights Commission has asked the Managing Director of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and other authorities to enquire and send a report regarding stagnation of effluents on GST Road at Pallavaram. Taking a suo motu cognisance of a report,
Chennai Corporation holding department-wise review meetings to speed up works SET FOR start: Work on construction of a canal to link the Veerangal Odai with the Pallikaranai Marsh will soon be taken up. CHENNAI: After the mandatory halt during the Lok Sabha elections, work on re-laying a number of roads, …
Corporation conducted raids in all 10 zones and seized 100 kg of calcium carbide stones CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation on Thursday seized around 300 kg of mangoes that were artificially ripened using calcium carbide. The fruits were destroyed. The civic body
I t seems ironic that even as it announces a subsidy scheme for rainwater harvesting, the government continues to neglect the age-old, traditional rainwater harvesting technology developed by our forefathers over the centuries. In coastal Goa, nearly every village has a water tank or tollem, created by blocking a stream …
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 248 microgram/cubic metre. The permissible limit is 200 microgram/cubic metre. According to the data collected as part of the …
CHENNAI: Officials of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Monday conducted a raid on a packaged drinking water unit in Arumbakkam to check the misuse of ISI mark. According to a press release substantial quantities of spuriously ISI marked materials were seized at Aqua Deepack Industries, 19, Sri Sakthi …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: With drinking water being supplied only once in five days, almost every container in homes in Tiruvottiyur is used to store water. Residents say that in the past one month the period of supply has been drastically reduced by half. V.Venmathi of Radhakrishnan Nagar said:
K. Lakshmi CHENNAI: The 30-km pipeline from the upcoming 100 million litres a day desalination plant near Minjur to Red Hills has been laid by the Chennai Metrowater recently. However, a portion of construction work of the plant is yet to be completed. Metrowater officials said the pipeline covering about …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: In an effort to add more greenery to the otherwise mundane-looking medians in various parts of the city, the Highways Department (city division) has started to plant saplings on several facilities. Several saplings, including crotons, oleander (arali) and phycus are being planted on Anna Salai, Poonamallee …
K. Lakshmi CHENNAI: The long-pending problem of garbage clearance in Avadi municipality may be resolved soon with the detailed project report for integrated solid waste management to be submitted by this month-end. An official of Avadi Municipality said the preparation of project report by a private consultant has reached its …
CHENNAI: Forty persons were hospitalised after they were exposed to chlorine gas leak from a water distribution station of the Chennai Metrowater at Rajamangalam near Villivakkam, on Tuesday. According to Metrowater officials, the incident occurred around 8.30 a.m. when there was a leak in a pipeline connecting the chlorine gas …
R. Sujatha and Deepa H Ramakrishnan Measures sought to remove encroachments, provide parking lots and ease traffic congestion CHOKE-A-BLOCK: An aerial view of a busy Usman Road near Panagal Park. CHENNAI: Residents living on the streets off Usman Road and shopkeepers want better environs in T. Nagar. If the residents …
PREVENTIVE measures to tackle the possible threat of swine flu continued on Friday as the Chennai Corporation captured 25 more pigs, taking the total number culled to around 150 in the last three days. After attending an emergency meeting of experts and corporation health officials, Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni gave …
K.Lakshmi Residents in some areas complain water supplied through pipes is mixed with sewage Arrest mixing of sewage in drinking water pipelines Water main will be flushed out, say Metrowater officials CHENNAI: Residents of a few pockets across the city are forced to depend on private water suppliers despite receiving …
CHENNAI: The level of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) in the ambient air at residential area in Adyar and traffic intersection in V. Nagar recently was 30 microgram/cubic metre and 185 microgram/cubic metre respectively. The permissible limit is 100 microgram/cubic metre, according to a press release from Tamil Nadu Pollution …
