The National Green Tribunal has directed the TNPCB to take action against agencies, including the MTC and SETC for polluting the river.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Southern Bench has directed the Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT) to submit an elaborate report on the details of works allotted to each department for the re

Police asked to act against those using the high-decibel horns

The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Southern Bench has restrained the Chennai Corporation from dumping garbage on the banks of the Cooum river in Nolambur.

The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday restrained KGS International Airport Ltd.

Advocate appearing for the petroleum corporation listed out the short- and long-term measures taken

Nearly 100 services on 60 routes will be introduced by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) Limited to prevent footboard travel in buses.

Most of these will cater to peak-hour traffic. This includes three additional services in the following areas — Manali to Broadway, Vallalar Nagar to Pudur, MKB Nagar to Anna Square and Thiruvanmiyur to Tambaram.

The expert team which was formed to scout for monorail stations sites has completed its study. The locations where monorail stations will come up in the city will be decided at an empowered committee meeting scheduled to be held on Friday.

Besides, in order to focus on monorail and hasten the work on the same, the government has transferred and posted V. Paulraj, the managing director of Metropolitan Transport Corporation Limited (MTC) as managing director of Pallavan Transport Consultancy Services (PTCS) a couple of days back.

The wind power generation capacity in the state is nearly 7,000 MW. “On an average we get nearly 2,500 MW and sometimes it even touches 3,000 MW. The main wind season is between May and October, so we hope the generation will be good,” said a senior TANGEDCO official.

Experts to offer technical guidance to TANTRANSCO

Tamil Nadu has more hope for an improved power supply network, with a technical team from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) visiting Chennai soon to help the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (TANTRANSCO) enhance its operations. Besides offering financial support to set up power transmission lines, the team of experts will offer technical guidance to the Corporation.