As part of the Golden jubilee celebration of Independence, the Forest Department plans to launch a massive tree planting campaign in the city. As many as two lakh saplings are to be planted in

The Petrol Consumption Research Action (PCRA) has funded a multi-crore project for research on the use of methane as fuel, Mr. S. Renganathan, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Government Transport

Work for developing a massive slum dwellers rehabilitation scheme at suburban Okkiyam Thoraipakkam has received a boost with the state authorities getting Union Government sanction for an additional

Efforts are on to establish a National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) for the country, to address problems of industry and environment, it was stated recently at a conference on the subject.

The Chennai-based NGO, Coastal Action Network(CAN), has called upon political parties to come out with a clear policy to protect the country's coastline and the livelihood of coastal people.

Treated sewage water can be used to breed a variety of fish that grow to appreciable sizes in captivity, Dr. K. Venkataramanujam, Dean, Fisheries College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences

In an attempt at getting over resource problems for managing urban solid waste in the metropolis, the Government has invited private operators for disposal of the waste generated from three suburban

A pioneering Indo-Australian project on chromium pollution had led several tanning industries to recycle industrial waste and use it to grow suitable trees, flowers and salt-tolerant cultivated

The officials of the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai are chalking out plans to reintroduce some of the "excess population of animals" back into the

Among the numerous problems pointed out by many of the visitors to this hill station over the years has been unmitigated noise pollution caused especially by the blare of loudspeakers in the towns of