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: Buoyed by the success of the Global Positioning System (GPS) installed in few Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses, the corporation has decided to expand the facility in more number of buses plying on the arterial Anna Salai and Poonamallee High Roads in the city. Briefing newspersons at a press …
T. Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: Land, measuring 323.7 acres all over the State and valued at nearly Rs. 305 crore, belonging to the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB), are under encroachment, according to an audit report on the annual accounts of the Board for 2007-2008. More than 50 per cent of it …
K.Lakshmi CHENNAI: In a bid to put in place an integrated solid waste management system in the sprawling Koyambedu wholesale market complex, the Market Management Committee has floated a national tender calling for bids from private firms for collection and disposal of the garbage. Garbage piles waiting to be cleared …
A workshop on marine protected areas in India suggested ways to achieve livelihood-sensitive conservation and management of coastal and fisheries resources.
Bangalore has traditionally been strong on voluntary initiative and this has spawned a new public private partnership venture to come to grips with the city's intractable problems. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Karnataka and prominent NGO Janaagraha have taken the lead to form Bangalore City Connect. The thought …
What do multinational companies such as Nokia, Hyundai, Ford, Samsung, Caparo and Adidas have in common in India? They are all headquartered in Tamil Nadu. The state, known for its yummy idli, sambhar and filter coffee, is also an industrial powerhouse. Stereotypes apart, the state ranks an impressive second in …
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion. The key focus of the fiscal measures are clean fuels and technologies including CNG, LPG and zero emissions technologies; disincentives for older …
HUNDREDS of contract workers engaged by local bodies and water supply and sewerage boards in major cities and towns to clean underground sewers virtually walk into death traps. A large number of them die instantaneously after inhaling noxious fumes in the sewers. Others die a slow death from respiratory and …
Four years after the 2004 tsunami, a look at the reconstruction and rehabilitation work that has been carried out. Permanent houses for tsunami victims built by the Development Promotion Group (DPG), a Chennai-based NGO, at Vanavanmahadevi village in Nagapattinam district. UNTIL December 26, 2004,
Rapidly expanding urban settlements in the developing world face severe climatic risks in light of climate change. Urban populations will increasingly be forced to cope with increased incidents of flooding, air and water pollution, heat stress and vector-borne diseases. This research, undertaken with a set of partner research institutes, examines …
Zubeda Hameed |Chennai, Fever, vomitting and diarrhoea are common complaints from the outlying inundated areas as the city lacks clean drinking water TWO weeks after the cessation of rain, reports of outbreak of diseases are coming from several areas in the city and the suburbs. Fever, vomiting and diarrhoea are …
Greeshma Gopal Giri | ENS Chennai, AS sewage treatment plants (STPs) have become mandatory in large construction sites having no alternative sewerage network, residents in high-rise buildings on the outskirts of the city have raised concern over the operation and maintenance of the plants. Overflow of sewage due to frequent …
K.Lakshmi and Kannal Achuthan A project to strengthen weak points identified in sewer network across the city under discussion HEALTH HAZARD : Sewage overflows in Kanniappa Colony near Tondiarpet market. CHENNAI: The problem of sewage overflow and contamination of drinking water poses health hazards in a few localities in the …
Dhanya Matsa | ENS Many trees were uprooted and some medians damaged. Streets, lanes and bylanes in many residential colonies were inundated. Most subways were waterlogged and traffic was reduced to a crawl RAINWATER HARVESTING STRUCTURES ADD TO STAGNATION Since the time I have constructed the RWH, nobody has come …
THE Local Administration Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday inaugurated the renovated Thiru Vi Ka Park, one of the best-known landmarks in Shenoy Nagar. Later addressing a gathering, Stalin said Rs 1.52 crore had been spent by the civic body to spruce up the park. The circular park with an …
It has all the potential to nestle cheek by jowl with international brands such as Dom Perignon, Mexico's tequila and the famed Johnnie Walker Scotch. And realising its huge revenue potential, the government of Goa is pulling all strings to ensure that the cashew industry, both kernel and feni, is …
T.S.Shankar and K.Lakshmi CHENNAI: The spurt in the construction activity and indiscriminate drawal of water along East Coast Road has resulted in the groundwater table going down in areas near the scenic coastline. P. N. Venkatakrishnan of M. K. Stalin Avenue, Palavakkam, said that the water in several areas had …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan NOT MANY TAKERS: A computerised vehicle emission checking centre in the city. CHENNAI: The increase in the number of vehicles and the absence of an effective mechanism to make them comply with the mandatory emission checks are contributing to the air pollution levels in the city. Even …
