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 …
Three months after the launch of the Chennai Metro Rail service between Koyambedu and Alandur, officials are now looking at the possibility of tapping solar energy. According to officials of the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), they are planning to install solar power panels either in the shed or the …
CHENNAI: With water managers of an expanding Chennai struggling to meet the needs of a growing population, the State government has decided to tackle the issue with a futuristic perspective by launching a Sustainable Water Security Mission. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, in a suo motu announcement in the Legislative Assembly …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R. Thillai Vinayagam Vs The State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 24/09/2015 regarding a sewage pumping station at the Park at Tamil Nagar, Ramapuram, Chennai and to direct the proposed Sewage Pumping Station to be relocated …
CHENNAI: In yet another green initiative, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to make it mandatory for all new multistorey (more than four floors) buildings in the state to have solar power generation facility. Announcing this in the assembly on Tuesday, chief minister J Jayalalithaa said the rule would be …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Gajendran, Chennai Vs Principal Secretary/Commissioner,Corporation of Chennai dated 02/09/2015 regarding filling up the Thamaraikeni Kulam Water tank (Kottivakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, which is more than hundred years old) with quarry dust for constructing water overhead water tank …
CHENNAI: In a first-of-its kind initiative in the country, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced that 25 Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Systems will be installed in urban and industrial areas across the State. Making a suo motu statement under Rule 110 in the Assembly, she said Tamil Nadu was …
CHENNAI: The city planners are toying with the idea of making it mandatory for all multi-storied buildings to install rooftop solar panels to generate green energy. Faced with the fast-paced growth that has made it difficult for basic infrastructrure to catch up, sources said this proposal would help ensure that …
CHENNAI: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has suo motu impleaded the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) in a case relating to construction of a bund across the Porur Lake. Advocate V Meganathan had moved the tribunal saying the PWD, which initiated a Rs 20-crore project to desilt …
CHENNAI: After raising protests with various fora to shift the sprawling, stinking dumpyard from their neighbourhood, residents of Kodungaiyur are now set to move the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal here, charging that the yard was existing in violation of rules. “According to Solid Waste Management and Handling …
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Chennai had the highest proportion of ‘severe’ days based on AQI Official air quality data for the first half of this year shows that while Delhi does indeed face high levels of air pollution, Kanpur, Varanasi and Chennai are worse off. Averaging across the ten pollution monitoring stations in the …
Builders are unsure about the long-term implications of Tuesday's order on obtaining of Environmental Clearances. City builders are keenly watching the developments following the order of the National Green Tribunal, New Delhi on post-facto environmental clearance. The question on everyone’s mind is whether the order will have an impact on …
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday told a residents welfare association to approach the National Green Tribunal against the alleged environmental violations committed by a promoter of a residential complex at Nolambur. VGN Minerva Owners Welfare Association, represented by its secretary Basker Immanuel, approached the High Court stating that …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/S Chemical Construction Company Pvt. Ltd. Vs The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 03/07/2015 regarding closure of the unit (M/S Chemical Construction Company Pvt. Ltd.) on the ground that the unit is carrying on …
CHENNAI: Will metro rail be a precursor to 'a clean er Chennai'? Statis tics show that metro reduces air pollution as thousands of vehicles get off the road when a city gets a mass transport system like this. Apart from helping one breathe cleaner air, the metro will also reduce …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, Chennai & Ors. dated 05/06/2015 regarding the authorisation issued by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for the purpose of setting up of a municipal solid waste plant in Chennai.
The City Municipal Corporation has appointed a Bangalore-based private consultant to prepare a project report for the integrated solid waste management scheme. Solid waste management includes door-to-door collection of municipal solid waste from all households, commercial establishments and hotels, segregating it into degradable and non-degradable waste, scientific disposal of the …
Will have a list of low-lying areas, dilapidated buildings, ham radios A disaster management plan for Chennai is in the works, following alarm over a series of earthquakes that have recently occurred in Nepal, and the tremors felt in various parts of the country, including here. The Commissionerate of Revenue …
The questions raised were the following: (a) whether it is a fact that the homes are responsible for the highest emission of greenhouse gases; and (b) whether it is also a fact that a study by the Centre for Ecological Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science found that the …
Chennai: The southern zone of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT) to arrest 101 ‘identified’ sewage outfalls on priority to save Cooum from further degradation. The court has posted the next hearing to May 26. The first Bench, comprising judicial member Justice M. Chockalingam …
