After its intensive campaign to popularise rainwater harvesting, Rain Centre is now promoting recycling of grey water in residential complexes using a natural and economical method.
Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has said that the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act 2006, which is being implemented since August 5, will hurt small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Indian food industry.
CHENNAI: With Chennai, like many other cities, running desperately short of parking spaces, experts suggest that parking should be treated as a commodity with appropriate pricing mechanisms for eff
“That the garbage clearance will improve once the Corporation takes over is only a convenient excuse. He is supposed to ensure that the garbage is cleared every day. But it is done only once a week. The stench is unbearable, especially after a spell of rain,” says SD Sankaralingam, a resident of Sunrise Avenue.
“Government exploring various options”
Government is seriously considering a re-look on collection and disposal of garbage by private operator.
Expressing displeasure over the way garbage is handled, he said the decision to hand over garbage collection and disposal to private player by the previous government needs a re-look.
An amount of Rs. 50 crore has been earmarked towards the implementation of a marine discharge project for treated effluents from dyeing and bleaching units, situated mostly in the western belt of the State.
The natural resources of water had to be conserved for the public for drinking and secondly, supply of water from perennial water bodies should be made to farm lands for agriculture, according to R. Nallakannu, leader of the Communist Party of India.
