The after effects of the booming trade in illegal and sand quarries and the sybsequent government clamdown have started making themselves felt in the Chennai city. Confronted with the rise in

An electric crematorium designed to minimise pollution caused by emissions from burning dead bodies was installed at the Kannamapet burial ground in West Mambalam in Tamil Nadu. The crematorium was

It starts with a severe headache and leaves the patient bedridden for at least a week. In some cases, the mystery disease lasts nearly a month. The saving grace is that it has not claimed any life so

The Pollution Control Board has asked the Health and Family Welfare Department to look into the complaints that the highly polluted units in Cuddallore SIPCOT were responsible for the outbreak of a

Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa denied charges that the poor would not benefit from the Government's Wasteland Reclamation Project. Responding to the apprehensions of CPI leader Palanichamy

Tamil Nadu suffered a loss of over Rs 5,590 crore during 2002-03 owing to drought, Agriculture Minister R Jeevanantham said. Replying to the debate on demands for grants for his department he said

A five kilometre stretch of the Cooum between Choolaimedu and College road in Tamil Nadu has now turned into a dumpyard for the local residents and commercial establishments. Many slum dwellers along

It's a deadly cocktail on offer for Perambur residents from Metrowater Board. Drinking water contaminated by sewage is what they have been receiving for over a week now. "We can't even use the water

For many years now, the sight of Marina's backwaters from Napier Bridge has been marred by the slush of the Cooum that refuses to mix with the sea due to the sandbars that prevent the natural

Deeply anguished over the rapid erosion of green cover in the Chennai city and the fate of the much hyped Green Belt for Abatement of Pollution in Greater Chennai, Tamil Nadu about 30 resident