The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here seeking a direction to the Kodaikanal Municipality Commissioner to preserve the 64 acre lake in the hill station from being polluted by drainage water let out by private bungalows as well as government offices located …
A tragedy similar to Bhopal gas leak is in the making our own backyard -- Kodaikanal. A series of flawed policies in handling the mercury leak at the Hindustan Lever Limited's failure to p factory there nine years ago has denied justice to the people and resulted in f protect …
The mercury level detected in freshwater (Pambar River) is 30 times higher than the mercury level recommended by US-EPA for freshwaters -- Mark Chernaik, toxicologist and scientist A site-specific target level of 25mg/ kg for cleanup of mercury in Kodaikanal is grossly inade quate to save the eco-sensitive Pambar Shola …
the Udhagamandalam and Kodaikanal lakes in Tamil Nadu have been chosen for eco-restoration as part of the National Lake Conservation Programme ( nlcp ). An outlay of Rs 40 crores has been approved by the Centre and of this, nearly Rs 25 crores will be earmarked for the Udhagamandalam lake. …
