Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
CHENNAI: Within a couple of hours of receipt of memorandum on the losses caused by heavy rains in Tamil Nadu from Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi allocated Rs 939.63 crore for dealing with the situation arising from the floods. The PM’s office said that a …
Interim injunction restraining Vengaivasal village panchayat The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, has passed an interim order against dumping garbage by the Vengaivasal village panchayat close to a lake and in residential localities. Following an application from S.P. Surendranath Karthik and J. Jeya Sabare Eswaran of Madipakkam, the tribunal …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Chandra Blue Metal Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 13/10/2015 regarding stone crushing units in Siruthamur Village, Uthiramerur Taluk, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Jayam Blue Metal Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 13/10/2015 regarding stone crushing units in Siruthamur Village, Uthiramerur Taluk, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M. Kumaravel Vs The Collector, Kancheepuram District dated 10/10/2015 regarding environmental degradation caused due to open defecation by the fishermen community at Muttukadu Tsunami relief tenements located in S.F.No.97/3, Muttukadu Village, Kancheepuram District and to construct an …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Srinivasa Blue Metal, Thirumangai Alwarpuram, Thiruneermalai Village Vs. The Chairman Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Guindy, Chennai dated 14/09/2015 regarding the closure order and directions dated 29.07.2013 issued by the 1st respondent (Tamil Nadu Pollution Control …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of the Chairman M/s. RCS Infrastructure Private Limited Vs The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 15/07/2015 regarding grant of consent for the blue metal crushing unit in Siruthamur Village, Uthiramerur Taluk of Kanchipuram District.
Tiruvallur district has only one authorised quarry supplying sand as of now. But, hundreds of lorries transport sand from Tiruvallur to Chennai daily as some manage to smuggle sand from river banks and water bodies, claim sand lorry owners. Chennai needs nearly 8,000 loads of sand daily. With the ban …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of P.K. Ellappan Vs. The Government of Tamil Nadu dated 07/05/2015 regarding illicit sand quarrying being carried on in Palar river bed at Pinayur Village, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, 07/05/2015.
Riding on the success of ensuring pure drinking water to 2500-odd residents of Chitlapakkam Town Panchayat in Kancheepuram district, the Directorate of Town Panchayats has decided to extend its arms to other areas by installing more such reverse osmosis plants across the State. Joint Director of Town Panchayats, S.M. Malaiaman …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K.G. Mohanaraman Vs The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 22/04/2015 regarding laying of Super High Tension Transmission (HTTL) from Pugalur to Ottiampakam village in Sholinganallur Taluk, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu passing through the villages of Vembedu …
The Madras High Court has issued a direction to Kancheepuram District Collector to ensure that no construction comes up on the bunds of a temple tank at Kodur village in Cheyyur Taluk. A Bench comprising Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice R. Mala also recalled how a direction of the First …
Of its daily requirement of 7,000-8,000 sand loads, city is being supplied only 5,000. The recent extension of a ban on sand quarrying in Kancheepuram district by a year has hit a construction industry already affected by a scarcity of river sand and an escalation in its price over the …
Concerned over frequent fires at the Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dump yards and snowed under by complaints from residents about air pollution and health hazards, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board decided to install realtime continuous air quality monitoring stations in these areas. It has been almost two years since plans …
Site selection has completely ignored its impact on water resources A new study by Community Environmental Monitoring has shed light on the hydrological implications of the proposed 4000-MW Cheyyur thermal power project. “Site selection for the plant has ignored its impact on the surface water resources such as tanks and …
The study was aimed at estimating the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy in a rural population of South India. Original Source
A rapid plant survey was conducted in around the proposed Cheyyur 4000MW Ultra Mega Power Project in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu. The surveys were conducted along Vilambur, Buckingham Canal, Vanjimodu and the Palaiyur Reserve Forest within the project site and the portion of Palaiyur R.F. along which the said project's …
Being chronically deficient in power, the Government of India launched an ambitious plan to establish a series of power plants to enhance generation capacity, under the Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP) programme. In this regard, the Ministry of Power, in association with the Central Electricity Authority and Power Finance Corporation …
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the High Court seeking to declare that the proceedings for identification of land and land acquisition for the 4000-MW Ultra Mega Power Project and the captive port at Cheyyur in Kancheepuram district as illegal. The petitioner, K. Saravanan of Ururkuppam, Besant …
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to declare that the proceedings for identification of land and land acquisition for the 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project and the captive port at Cheyyur in Kancheepuram district as illegal. The petitioner, K.Saravanan of Ururkuppam, …
