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 …
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board report in Original Application No 112 of 2020 (Southern Zone) in the matter of Suo Motu Vs The Principal Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Chennai & Others. The matter related to delay in starting the cultivation due to non-maintenance of Uyyakondan canal. In pursuance …
Expert appraisal panel lays down 30 conditions for project implementation The proposed expansion of the Tiruchi airport by the Airports Authority of India involving construction of a new integrated terminal and an apron has been cleared by the Environment Ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC). The EAC gave its nod for …
Trichy: After failing in their efforts to curtail use of banned plastics in the city, authorities in Trichy have decided to try violators with iron fist by imposing penalty. But some of the educational institutions in the city have managed to remain plastic free including schools by strictly saying no …
Rating system was evolved by Confederation of Indian Industry Southern Railway has proposed to seek ‘Green rating’ for Tiruchi railway junction, a major ‘A’ category station falling under its jurisdiction. The rating system was evolved by Confederation of Indian Industry on a request from the Environment and Health Management Directorate …
AAI to establish a Roof Top Grid Connected 140 kWp Solar Photo Voltaic Power Plant The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided go green by tapping solar energy for power requirements at the fast growing Tiruchi international airport to the extent possible to cut down mounting power bills in …
TRICHY: The city witnessed a slight increase in air and noise pollution levels on the night of Diwali compared to the previous year. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) had installed air quality monitors at three places in the city. Air quality is monitored in terms of Respirable Suspended …
The solar PV power plant established at the Bharathidasan University will start generating power within a few days, according to its Vice-Chancellor V.M. Muthukumar. Inaugurating a two-day international conference on Microalgal and Cyanobacterial Biotechnology organised by the National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan University, he said that a 500-kWp Ground …
Organic manure to be produced from 20 locations in the city in future The Tiruchirapalli City Corporation has chosen 20 locations in different parts of the city to take up decentralised solid waste management at an estimate of Rs. 9.92 crore. In the first phase, it will be implemented in …
Coimbatore: According to the new global urban ambient air pollution ranking released by WHO on Thursday, Chennai is the most polluted city in Tamil Nadu with a global ranking of 314. The state capital is followed by Trichy (370) and Coimbatore (410). The ranking was based on the levels of …
Trichy: Shifting to the non-conventional energy source to light bus shelters during night hours, the civic body commissioned bus shelters mounted with solar panels at three places in the city on Sunday. FM radios too have been installed in the shelters. The bus shelter at the railway junction, put up …
Consultants present final draft proposal to the councillors Extension of the underground drainage network of the city will be a major component to be executed under the Smart City Plan for Tiruchi. The salient features of the draft proposal, which is to be submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development …
The draft Smart City plan for Tiruchi is expected to be readied by November 20 and would be presented before the stakeholders for another round of discussion soon after. Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in association with Townland Consultants Pvt Ltd., and Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd, the consultant appointed to assist …
German bank has offered to fund the project with loan, grant The State Government is likely to issue an order soon on a proposal sent by the Tiruchirappalli City Corporation (TCC) to implement a combined drinking water scheme for supplying protected water to the five extended wards in the city. …
Every year, city residents struggle to find water during summer. But when the skies open up, little attempt is made to save the water for later days. The continuing downpour in the last few days provided ample amount of water, but most of it goes waste in the absence of …
To be implemented in four wards on a pilot basis The Tiruchirappali Corporation has introduced a new initiative to segregate and collect the non-biodegradable waste at source and send it for recycling. Though it plans to extend the initiative to all 65 wards in the city, it will be implemented …
Corporation can take action against the hospitals, doctors told. All hospitals and nursing homes in the city have to strictly comply with the Bio Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 or face penal action, City Health Officer S. Mariappan cautioned on Thursday. Issuing a stern warning to hospitals and …
TRICHY: After two hospitals, including the MGMGH were found to be mixing biomedical waste with general waste during an inspection on Tuesday, one more private hospital was found violating the same, as raids continued for the second day on Wednesday. Following this, outpatient clinics have also come under the scanner …
The collector well at Ayyalamman Padithurai to be renovated. The Tiruchirapalli City Corporation has decided to revamp the Golden Rock Combined Drinking Water Supply Scheme, the yield from which has come down drastically during summer in recent years to provide supply to the five newly added wards. The scheme’s collector …
300 participants from 15 colleges attend NADP-awareness programme Mindless felling of trees has caused extensive damage to environment, making cities a living hell; it is time we took some remedial action,” said Jayashree Muralidharan, Collector, at the “NADP- training and awareness programme for tree cover assessment to combat pollution in …
In recognition of the active involvement of department of electrical and electronics engineering (EEE), National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi (NIT-T) in design and development works in renewable energy systems since 1980s, the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), Chennai, has sanctioned projects worth Rs. 73.26 lakh. NIT-T Director S. …
