Chennai (D)

Environment Min refuses clearance to Chennai Petro pipeline

Citing threats to habitation, the Centre on Friday refused clearance to Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s Rs 126 crore plan to lay a new crude oil pipeline to its refinery at Manali in Tamil Nadu

Publication Date:

28/10/2011

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment, Coastal Regulations, Oil, Energy, Chennai (D), Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

Habitat And Urbanisation

Govt approves building 4 expressways at a cost of Rs 16,680 cr

The government today said it has approved building over 1,000 kilometre of expressways under its flagship road building programme NHDP, entailing an investment of Rs 16,680 crore.

Publication Date:

20/10/2011

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Infrastructure Development, Highways, Roads, Vadodara (D), Mumbai, Delhi, Meerut (D), Bangalore (D), Chennai (D), Kolkata, Dhanbad (D), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

Environment

Green Tribunal move to ‘stand tall’ gets SC push

The National Green Tribunal’s desire to have an address in the heart of the city got a boost after the Supreme Court on Friday advocated that the first-of-its-kind Green Court should have a regal p

Publication Date:

15/10/2011

Source: Pioneer (New Dehi)

Tags:

Environment, Delhi, Supreme Court, Environment Court, Ministry Of Urban Development, Pune (D), Bhopal (D), Chennai (D), Kolkata, High Court, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra

Water Resources

Water from Poondi reservoir being transferred

Though the onset of northeast monsoon is still a month away, the water level at Poondi reservoir has already reached the brim. In a bid to stock resources, one of the shutters was opened on Thursday to transfer water to Cholavaram reservoir.

Publication Date:

30/09/2011

Author(s): K. Lakshmi

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Chennai (D), Reservoirs, Rivers, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, Water Supply, Water Resources

Air Pollution

Breathe carefully: Delhi third most polluted city in India

Indian cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Ludhiana and Kanpur are among the worst polluted cities in the country, according to a survey by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Publication Date:

27/09/2011

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Health Effects, Delhi, Iran, WHO, Vehicular Pollution, RSPM (PM 10), India, Chennai (D), Ludhiana (D), Mumbai

Climate Change

Delhi Metro gets UN certification

Earns Rs.47 crore carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail and rail-based system in the world to get “carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions” and helping in reducing pollution levels in the city by 6.3 lakh tonne every year. With this certification, the Delhi Metro has earned carbon credits worth about Rs.47 crore annually for the next seven years and with the increase in number of passengers, this figure will only increase.

Publication Date:

26/09/2011

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Green House Gases, Pollution, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Kyoto Protocol, Mumbai, Chennai (D), Kolkata, Transport, Vehicles, Energy, Climate Change

Health

Kolkata men most hit by tobacco cancer

New Delhi: Cancers caused by tobacco is highest among men from Kolkata and least among those from Mumbai, in the four metropolitan cities.

Publication Date:

23/09/2011

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

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Habitat And Urbanisation

Rs. 112 crore to revamp city roads

CHENNAI: With a view to improving the condition of city’s bus route and interior roads, the Chennai Corporation has planned a Rs. 112-crore re-laying works from the next week.

Publication Date:

17/09/2011

Source: New Indian Express (Chennai)

Tags:

Chennai (D), Habitat And Urbanisation, Roads

Health