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 …
In the backdrop of power shortage, which makes charging inverters a difficult task, the Solar Energy Exhibition being held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering sought to convey the purpose of innovative solar chargers and various means of solar power generation and utilisation. As many as 14 leading solar energy product …
With climate change becoming a reality for our world to contend with, a highly detailed assessment of the likely impacts of this phenomenon in Kochi will be undertaken soon by the project partners of the Asian Cities Adapt project. The ambitious project, funded by German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation …
The second phase of the project to assess the impact of climate changes in target cities in India, including Kochi will be launched soon. A stakeholder meeting will be convened in Kochi on Tuesday to discuss the timelines, status and next steps for the project. The major objectives of the …
One more civic issue comes to the fore within a month as Ellis Nagar residents complain of uninhabitable conditions A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here on the basis of a news report that appeared in The Hindu on March 12 under …
MADURAI: A week-long inspection by the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department at the hostel inside the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) revealed that unhygienic living conditions, poor maintenance of water tanks and supply of contaminated food were to blame for the recent outbreak of diarrhoea among nursing students. On Thursday, …
Chennai to get 250, including 100 mini-buses, says Transport Minister Three thousand new buses will be introduced this year at a cost of Rs.548 crore for the State, and the city will get 250 buses, including 100 mini-buses, Transport Minister V. Senthil Balaji informed the Assembly on Tuesday The mini-buses …
Clarion call for national campaign to create public awareness on climate change issues The Advisor to Ministry of Environment and Forests, G. V. Subrahmanyam, has said that people's participation in environment protection alone can bring the desired results more than any number of legislations brought by the Government. “Protecting the …
CHENNAI: In a bid to make the state slum-free, the Tamil Nadu government has selected nine urban agglomerations under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) for preparing proper rehabilitation plans. Official sources told Express that the likely nine cities are Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Tiruchy, Tirunelveli, Salem and Vellore. Sources …
The Madras High Court Bench here has disposed of a public interest litigation petition filed against large scale felling of trees at Saraswathi Narayanan College campus at Perungudi near here after recording the secretary's submission that the loss would be compensated by growing more trees and that henceforth no tree …
No day passes in the city without a leakage in the drinking water pipeline being reported. Similarly, complaints of sewage water mixing with drinking water are not uncommon here. Piped water supply takes different other manifestations too, like “erratic, low pressure, unequal distribution and supply at odd hours” that makes …
Plan to set up the unit at a cost of Rs.50 crore Suzlon Energy, one of the world's leading wind energy groups, plans to set up a rotor blade manufacturing facility near Madurai at a cost of Rs.50 crore. The company is in the process of identifying a suitable site …
Tamil Nadu, the most urbanised among the large States in India, has witnessed uneven urban growth. The recently released 2011 census data on urban agglomerations shows that, in the last decade, about half of the increase (about 7.4 million) in urban population has mostly occurred in four urban agglomerations: Chennai, …
According to a World Health Organisation Surveillance Officer Even though India is yet to be declared polio-free nation by the World Health Organisation, the year 2011 has something to cheer about for the country in polio eradication drive. The longest polio-free period India has ever had was achieved this year …
The Chennai Corporation is considering the use of plastic waste for re-laying roads, including bus route roads. Officials of the civic body visited Madurai last week and held discussions with experts at the Thiagarajar College of Engineering pertaining to the initiative. Plastics account for nine per cent of the total …
MADURAI: The Central Government has come out with a renewable energy scheme that provides urban local bodies with the capacity to address the power shortage in their areas. The entire cost of implementing this project, called
S. Annamalai Other States and civic bodies have taken a lead in utilising it Experimental:A portion of Vilachery Road in the city laid with waste plastic, which has withstood the onslaught of rains. , Dean, Thiagarajar College of Engineering:
Mohamed Imranullah S. Judgment to be circulated among Chief Secretary, PWD Secretary, other officials MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday restrained the State government from constructing a centre for women entrepreneurs through the Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO) on 62.65 acres of land classified as
Decision taken to cut down on electricity bill of Rs. 9 lakh MADURAI: The University of Madras has decided to switch over to solar power within a year in order to cut down its monthly electricity bill. A one-time investment of Rs.3 crore was being made to purchase the solar …
HINDU/CHENNAI/14/01/10 http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/14/stories/2010011458730200.htm Public toilets constructed at 18 locations to be dedicated soon COOL: M.K. Azhagiri, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, at the launch of sapling planting campaign in the city on Wednesday. MADURAI: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, M.K. Alagiri, launched a mega planting of one-lakh tree saplings …
MADURAI: It is fundamentally important that we should globally join together to fight climate change, according to R. Karpaga Kumaravel, Vice-Chancellor, Madurai Kamaraj University. He was addressing a gathering of around 1000 student volunteers of National Service Scheme from 11 colleges who took part in a human chain to fight …
