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 …
Madurai: A public interest litigation has been filed before the Madurai bench of the Madras high court seeking a direction to the authorities to ban the use of loudspeakers in vans, autos, load vehicles in the run up to the Ayudha Pooja celebrations in Manapparai town. The petitioner, A Panneerselvam, …
Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras HC on Monday issued a set of directions to the state government and the public aimed at regulating noise pollution at public places. The court said that the state government should strictly implement the provisions of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, …
It is alleged that procedures to determine pollution level are hardly followed by the authorities concerned Crossing the Goripalayam junction to board her bus to Mattuthavani Integrated Bus Stand daily comes with a heavy fit of cough for N. Malliga, a young professional. She is often engulfed in black smoke …
Speaking at the fourth edition of the ‘Happy Street’ event on Sunday at Thirunagar here, Madurai Corporation Commissioner S. Aneesh Sekhar said that the Corporation would be announcing a cash award of Rs. 2 lakh that will be collectively awarded to residents’ associations or residents of particular streets, who excel …
Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday impleaded the state's transport principal secretary as a party to the case against conversion of petrol and LPG autos into diesel autos. It issued an interim injunction restraining the transport authority from permitting the conversion till August 21. A …
Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Thursday ordered the government to set up special wards for H1N1 patients in district headquarters hospitals in the state in four months. The division bench of justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan gave this direction on a public …
The need for all citizens to get involved in the movement to make Madurai clean and green was highlighted by several speakers at a rally organised by the Madurai chapter of Confederation of Indian Industry, Young Indians and Rotary International District 3000 to create awareness against use of plastic here …
MADURAI: The four important streets around the Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple will be made plastic free soon and an awareness campaign to stress the same was started near the temple on Friday. Corporation commissioner, Sandeep Nanduri, launched the campaign in which school students participated. Collector K Veera Raghava Rao, who …
The Madras High Court Bench here has dismissed a couple of public interest litigation petitions filed last year alleging indiscriminate mining of sand from Tamirabharani riverbed in the guise of desilting Srivaikundam check dam in Thoothukudi district on the basis of the permission granted by National Green Tribunal (NGT). A …
MADURAI: The Madurai Sri Meenakshi Amman temple is going green, with plastic bags banned on its premises with immediate effect. However, people are sceptical as plastic ban has not been successful in Madurai so far. Saying no to plastics is one of the important aspects of the Swatchh Bharath mission. …
MADURAI: Plastic bags have been banned at the Madurai Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple as part of the authorities' efforts to go green. Officers from the district administration, joint commissioner of the temple N Natarajan and members of the shop owners association met on Tuesday and decided to act against the …
Madurai: The ideas and perceptions of young minds on protecting the environment will be used to decorate the walls at important places in the Madurai Corporation soon. The Madurai chapter of Soroptimist International (SI), a volunteer service organisation for business and professional women, is working in co-ordination with the Madurai …
Madurai: The city has to cope with not just unbearably high temperatures, it now has to to deal with soaring carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere as well. A field survey by a team from the school of energy, Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), has shown the carbon dioxide (CO2) level …
It will augment water supply to Corporation by bringing 61 million litres per day: officials The third Vaigai water supply scheme for Madurai, proposed last year, was sanctioned Rs. 320 crore through the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, Mayor V.V. Rajan Chellappa announced at the Corporation …
In a race between 100 cities picked up from states and union territories across the country, only 20 will start their 'smart' journey this financial year. The remaining 80, in the proposed 100 smart city plan, will join the club in two equal batches of 40 each in the following …
Following the recent announcement in the railway budget to make Rameswaram a green station, the Madurai railway division has started allotting more bio-toilet fitted coaches to the station. One of the important pilgrimage centres attracting lakhs of pilgrims from across India, Rameswaram is well connected with major North Indian destinations …
MADURAI: A survey has revealed that areas like Surya Nagar, Alagar Kovil Road and Iyer Bungalow have the best groundwater levels in the city, with water available at a depth of around 100 feet. The survey, carried out by volunteers of a social enterprise named Rainstock, recorded the groundwater and …
MADURAI: The Madurai Corporation on Thursday formally announced its decision to reduce the frequency of water supply to the residents in order to use the available water judiciously through the summer. At present, drinking water is supplied on alternative days. However, come Monday, water will be distributed only once in …
Against government guidelines, biomedical waste continues to be dumped in open places in the city. Hazardous biomedical waste can be found like household garbage on roadsides, posing danger to human beings and the environment. On Ring Road, biomedical waste is joining the heaps of household garbage, solid waste and poultry …
Atkins is developing a City Action Plan for Madurai which will be specifically tailored to the city around blue-green infrastructure. Madurai Corporation and a wide range of city stakeholders have been involved in developing and shaping the Action Plan. This action plan defines a strategy and a number of constituent …
