The steep rise in the population of Bangalore district has seen it top the population growth rate in the country. The Bangalore urban district has grown three times faster than the population of the state as a whole.

Bangalore district

Chennai city has three lakh more people living in it now than it had in 2001.

CHENNAI: The combination of densely populated areas in the city and the risk of climate-related hazards make Chennai vulnerable to disaster. A study brought out by Chennai Corporation, Kyoto University and the University of Madras only goes to prove this.

Chennai: The safety review of nuclear reactors which the Prime Minister announced in the wake of the tragedy in Japan is now officially under way.

CHENNAI: It

CHENNAI: A study on the toxic nature of the sediments in the Cooum river is being conducted by the Chennai River Restoration Trust.

The study is to take preventive measures on any possible impact on human health during dredging.

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Desiya Baniyan and Ginning Podhu Thozhilalar Sangam has approached the Madras High Court seeking to implead itself in a writ petition seeking a direction to authorities for cleaning the Noyyal water stored in the Orathuppalayam dam and to prevent future pollution of the river.

It submitted that the union had 6,500 members, who were all labourers in dyeing and hosiery fac

The Madras High Court on Tuesday granted interim stay of certain rules pertaining to the appointment of expert members of the National Green Tribunal.

These rules were challenged by a law student who contended that they were unconstitutional.

A Division Bench, comprising Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and D.