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 …
Anil Kumar Sastry BANGALORE: The oil route just got a little closer. To bring down transportation costs, avoid pilferage and reduce pollution, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., (IOCL) has begun work on a 290-km underground pipeline, which will bring petrol, diesel, kerosene and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) from Chennai to Bangalore. …
K. Lakshmi CHENNAI: Taking its proposal to identify additional sources of water for the city and its suburbs forward, Chennai Metrowater will set in motion the process of commissioning a detailed project report by this month-end. The terms and regulations for preparation of the DPR, at a cost of Rs.2 …
CHENNAI: WWF-India, a wing of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), a non-governmental organisation working in the areas of conservation, research and restoration of the environment, is eager to bring more students together to campaign for the cause. According to V. Dakshinamurthy, State director, WWF-India, a step in that …
CHENNAI: A pure white frog was sighted in a house at Pulikudivakkam, near Chengalpattu, a fortnight ago. Herpetologist Romulus Whitaker spotted the frog in his garden. The frog
CHENNAI: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday said that the State government was delaying handing over of land for some important projects.
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited has awarded the contract to Wilbur Smith Associates for preparing a feasibility report for the four circular bus corridors in Chennai and the detailed project report for the first leg of this Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS), which starts from Adyar …
Chennai, BURNING of garbage and other solid waste on the marsh land in Pallikarani had been stopped, Additional-Advocate General PS Raman told the Madras High Court on Friday . When the arguments on the public interest writ petition from California Software Company Limited commenced again before the First Bench comprising …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan and K.Lakshmi Smoky affair: Deepavali celebrations in Triplicane, which was the noisiest and most polluted spot in Chennai on Monday.
LOCAL Administration Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said the government had prepared a Rs 1,600-crore project to make Chennai flood-free. The proposal would be sent to the Centre for funds shortly . Under the project, all the 16 major waterways would be strengthened and new storm water drains constructed, …
Dhanya Matsa | ENS Chennai, THE Chennai Metropolitan and Sewerage Board has asked all commercial buildings to install a filter system to prevent solid material from entering the sewerage system. Else their sewage connection will be disconnected, the board has warned. THE 7 COMMANDMENTS Do not open manhole doors to …
Chennai, THE Coalition of Chennaiites for Cycling (CCC), an initiative of INODA (Indian Organization for Development Action), an NGO working for public interest issues, has chalked out various plans to make the city bicycle friendly. The main aim is to bring environment friendly and cost effective bicycles back on the …
Chief Urban Planner of CMDA S.Santhanam (second from left), releasing a book on application of geomatics in urban transportation planning and management at St.Peter
R. Srikanth CHENNAI: Once known for its rich biodiversity and as a fresh water source, the Pallikaranai marsh today spews out toxic substances because of the dumping and burning of garbage at the Perungudi dump yard set up on a portion of the marsh. The Perungudi Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) …
CHENNAI: On its third anniversary on Saturday, members of non-governmental organisation Nizhal gathered here to celebrate their growing membership and ongoing effort to plant saplings and treasure trees in and around Chennai.
Public transport systems in cities in India are largely bus-based and operated by public agencies. The performance of these organisations on the financial front has been rather wanting. Several reasons
Priscilla Jebaraj Organic vegetables on sale at Anna Nagar, Chennai. If people are watching their wallets in a time of rising prices, they are not going to shell out even more for expensive items such as organic products, right? Wrong, say farmers and retailers.
T Muruganandam | ENS Chennai, THE only serious attempt to regulate the proliferation of disposable plastics in the State was made in 2002, when the then AIADMK government introduced a Bill on the subject in the Assembly. Solidly backing the Bill on the floor of the House, the then Chief …
