Report filed on behalf of Greater Chennai Corporation regarding pollution of Adyar estuary. Under the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT) project of eco restoration of Cooum river, construction of compound wall, boundary fence of the Cooum river have been taken up for a length of 23.92 km for preventing encroachments …
Report filed on behalf of Greater Chennai Corporation regarding pollution of Adyar estuary. Under the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT) project of eco restoration of Cooum river, construction of compound wall, boundary fence of the Cooum river have been taken up for a length of 23.92 km for preventing encroachments …
Independent report filed in Original Application No 144 of 2021 (SZ) (Suomotu Vs The Chief Secretary to Govt of Tamil Nadu & Others). The NGT initiated suo motu based on the new item published in a newspaper regarding dumping of waste and encroachments along the Cooum river in Chetpet, Chennai. …
Independent report filed by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSS) in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion-Suo Motu based on the news item published in the Times of India, Eenadu newspaper edition, April 15, 2021 "Squatters gone, but Cooum still a dump" and other news items …
The Madras High Court Tuesday granted an interim stay on the Rs 100-crore penalty imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), south zone, on the Tamil Nadu government for its failure to restore Adyar and Cooum rivers and the Buckingham canal. Directing the government to pay the penalty to the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs. The Principal Secretary, Environment & Forests, Govt. of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 31/10/2018 regarding de-silting on Adyar and Cooum Rivers and Buckingham Canal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Court finds that the action taken for …
Auditor’s report says indiscriminate discharge of water from Chembarambakkam lake burdened the Adyar river The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has been scathing in its criticism of the government’s handling of the Chennai floods of 2015, going so far as to categorise it as a “man- made disaster”. …
Chennai already has the dubious distinction of having the lowest green cover among all the metropolitan cities in the country and the gap seems to be only widening. In the 426 sq km Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) area, only 64.06 sq km (15 per cent) accounts for green cover as …
Chennai already has the dubious distinction of having the lowest green cover among all the metropolitan cities in the country and the gap seems to be only widening. In the 426 sq km Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) area, only 64.06 sq km (15 per cent) accounts for green cover as …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. C.K. Sreedharan Vs Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Government of Tamil Nadu dated 01/07/2016 regarding flooding due to a pedestrian bridge across the Adyar river in Manapakkam, Chennai. The counsel appearing for the Dr. C.K. Sreedharan has brought …
Concerned at the increasing contamination of water bodies by antibiotic sources, 15 universities from eight countries, including IIT Madras, have decided to come together to test water samples as part of the HEARD (Halting Environmental Antibiotic Resistance Dissemination) project. Chennai has been taken up as the sample station in India …
This article investigates the impact of court verdicts on Chennai’s canals, tanks and related wetlands. It discusses three interlinked cases surrounding Buckingham Canal area and argues that the verdicts in these cases allowed the administration to destroy sophisticated water systems. It also argues that these waterbodies could have mitigated, if …
The ecologically sensitive estuary of the Adyar river, which naturalists had de spaired of saving, is coming back to life - step by laborious step. After years of ignoring passionate appeals to revive the area, the government in 2008 took it up under the Chennai River Restoration Trust. While revival …
Welcoming the recent order of the Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal, residents of Anakaputhur, Pammal and Pozhichalur have appealed to the Kancheepuram district administration to help put an end to pollution in Adyar river. A couple of days ago the NGT had asked the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT) …
Sewage outfall into river to be diverted to existing network before opening of sand bar Eco-restoration of Adyar creek and estuary, on 300 acres, is likely to take off soon. Stipulating four conditions, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has recommended coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance for the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, on Monday, directed the local authority to keep a vigil on Adyar river in order to prevent dumping of any waste. Taking notice of a news report published in The Hindu on September 11 which highlighted the illegal dumping of cement waste into …
Taking notice of a news report published in The Hindu which highlighted the illegal dumping of cement waste into Adyar river, the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench on Monday granted interim injunction against anyone dumping waste cement/ other waste materials at any point in the course of the river. The …
Tanker operators in Thiruneermalai dispose of piles of cement waste in water body The Adyar river, once a source of pristine water, has now become a convenient dump site for cement waste. Over the last couple of weeks, several tanker operators have dumped lorry-loads of a ready mix of cement …
Adyar Creek’s gain is Foreshore Estate’s loss in this green move that seems to have gone terribly wrong. The Public Works Department is now dumping construction debris, ordered to be removed by the National Green Tribunal from the Adyar Creek estuary, in Foreshore Estate, on the beach near Srinivasapuram. Truckloads …
The change in the land use pattern due to rapid urbanization adversely affects the hydrological processes in a catchment, leading to a deteriorating water environment. The increase in impervious areas disrupts the natural water balance. Reduced infiltration increases runoff and leads to higher flood peaks and volumes even for short …
