Work on preparation of Master Plan over

Instead of letting out excess water into sea, it will be diverted to the waterway

The Water Resources Department (WRD) is planning to carry out flushing of the Cooum river in a few days with the surplus water from Poondi reservoir.

Let out by residents living along banks and even government agencies

Buckingham Canal is the most polluted of the three major waterways in the city with nearly 60 per cent of the estimated 55 million litres of untreated sewage being let into it daily, including by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board.

Conservancy operations in 88 sq km of the expanded city will be entrusted to a private operator by the Chennai Corporation.

The civic body on Thursday invited bids for selection of the operator for collection, segregation, transportation and disposal of garbage in the proposed new zones of Teynampet (Zone IX), Kodambakkam (Zone X) and Adyar (Zone XIII).

Polluted stretches of the coastal belt between Pulicat and Kanyakumari, including major tourist destinations along the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coast will be cleaned on September 3 as part of the International Coastal Clean-up Day.

It is expected to decongest traffic during rush hour on Thiru Vi Ka Bridge
CHENNAI: Construction of a three-lane bridge adjacent to the Thiru Vi Ka Bridge across the Adyar river is expected to be completed in a year.

Of 650 extant two decades ago, only a fraction remains; water shortages, flooding a direct consequence
CHENNAI: About two decades ago, a research project by the Centre for Environmental and Water Resource Engineering, IIT Madras estimated that about 650 waterbodies existed in the Chennai region.

More than half of them were located south of River Adyar.

CHENNAI: The best way to bid adieu to tobacco is perhaps to ensure that those who give it up are rewarded.

At Abirami Mall, five volunteers who offered to quit smoking on Sunday received free entry to one of its popular entertainment stalls.

The mall's executive director Nallammai Ramanathan said the free entry was a reward for the young volunteers' decision to shun cigarettes.

Earlier, s

B. Aravind Kumar

Chennai: The master plan for eco-restoration of the Adyar estuary is ready and work is expected to begin in a month.

Deepa H Ramakrishnan and K. Lakshmi

PREPARATORY WORK: Stormwater drains on Pantheon road being attended to .

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