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 …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, present this One Hundred and Ninety Eighth Report on 'Disaster in Chennai caused by torrential rainfall and consequent flooding in the Country'. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) the apex body, which functions under the administrative jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home …
The Asia-Pacific region "continues to be the most disaster prone part of the world in 2015" and needs a risk-sensitive development approach, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here Thursday. More than half of the world's 344 disasters in 2015, resulting in more than 16,000 deaths and affecting some 59 million …
The recent Chennai floods may have brought the normalcy to city people, but loss of property and lives are still haunting the insurance industry with a stack of huge claims. The insurance industry, especially general insurance sector, has estimated that the claims could touch Rs 5,000 crore for this financial …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Ground Level Ozone, 22/12/2015. The Ozone level monitoring is conducted by Central Pollution Control Board at 04 locations in Delhi, 02 locations in Bangalore, 02 locations in Chennai and 02 locations in Lucknow. The ozone formation is the result of primary pollutants and a …
Even as the world discusses climate change in Paris, Chennai is perhaps experiencing its impact – the unprecedented deluge that the city has been subjected to is a reminder of increasing frequency of such freak weather events across the Indian sub-continent. However, point out experts in Centre for Science and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of P. Edwin Wilson & Others Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 18/11/2015 regarding progress of the Integrated Cooum river Eco restoration project.
Ambient Noise Level assessment has been conducted at 70 locations in seven cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Bangalore and Hyderabad) reveals following observations: Out of 70 locations, only 07 locations at Peeniya (Industrial) and Whitefield (Industrial) in Bangalore; Jeedimetla (Industrial) and Addapotharam (Industrial) in Hyderabad; Tartala (Industrial) in Kolkata; …
The southern zone bench of the National Green Tribunal, Chennai, has granted interim stay on the Shriram Chirping Woods project coming up between Kaikondrahalli and Kasavanahalli lakes in the City. The stay was ordered while hearing a petition filed by Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF) and Mahadevapura Parisara Samrakshane Mattu Abhivrudhi …
An eco-friendly firm will launch photodegradable bags in an effort to substitute ecologically-hazardous plastic carry bags here and adjoining districts of Tamil Nadu. SM Green Solutions (SMGS), Chennai, which has entered into a collaboration with GXT Green, United States to market the eco-friendly carry bags in south India, will formally …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of People for Cattle in India Vs. The Commissioner,of Chennai dated 04/09/2015 regarding discharge of trade effluent by slaughter houses in Chennai.
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 …
CHENNAI: In a move that would help change the skyline of coastal cities like Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, Surat, Mangaluru and Puducherry, the Union Environment Ministry has amended the coastal regulation zone norms to permit construction of high-rise buildings in CRZ II areas - developed areas within 500 metres of the high …
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 …
In May 2015, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change proposed rules to curb air pollution from coal-fired power plants. At first glance, the draft notification may seem like a breath of fresh air. The proposed standards are comparable to stringent international levels for units installed after 2017. But …
The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department will file a chargesheet against KFC outlet on DB road and the company for having sold food that is unsafe for consumption, designated officer Dr R.Kathiravan disclosed here. In June last year, a city-based businessman Yasser Arafat found worms wriggling in a piece …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of S.P. Muthuraman Vs Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority dated 05/06/2015 regarding grant of planning permission for construction of three hostel blocks on the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) campus.
A week after a two-and-a-half-year- old boy died after falling into a 350-foot deep borewell near Arcot in Vellore district, a Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to direct authorities to frame rules under relevant acts for managing abandoned borewells and tubewells in the …
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and mining companies to file their counter within four weeks to a petition seeking an SIT probe into the beach sand mining in the State. If the counter is not filed before the deadline, it would be taken on record subject …
The Madras High Court has given two weeks to the Central and State governments to file a detailed statistical report on river sand mining in the State and the transactions of sand miners. A Division Bench comprising Justices M.M.Sundresh and R.Mahadevan ordered the notice. In a PIL, K.Kumar of Walajahpet …
