In the last year, nearly 50 packaged drinking water units have come up around the city, an indicator of the growing demand for the product, predominantly from households.

CHENNAI: Chennai Metrowater has recorded a net deficit for the fifth consecutive year by registering Rs. 99.5 crore loss in 2009-2010.
The water agency started making losses since 2005-2006, the final year of the previous All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam regime. The last occasion when the agency's income exceeded expenditure was in 2004-2005.

CHENNAI: The Water Resources Department has approached the Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT-Madras, to scrutinise its report of the project to control sea erosion along the coastline, including along Ennore High Road.

Officials of the WRD said as the project is to be implemented with a new technology, the expertise of IIT-M was sought to provide suggestions and modifications.

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday claimed that the recently released six-city study on air pollution sources by the Environment Ministry was

Poison in the air and love for the puff have made Calcutta the lung cancer capital of India. A study has revealed that in 2007 Calcutta had topped the metros in new lung cancer cases.

The comparative study on lung cancer is part of the National Cancer Registry Programme conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

CHENNAI: A disturbing trend has emerged from a study on the quality of drinking water that city schools are supplying to their students: more than half of them provide unhygienic drinking water.

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to take up with the Centre a matter relating to necessary amendment to the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act.

The First Bench, comprising Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, gave the direction while passing further orders on a contempt petition filed by A.

A sum of Rs.465 crore has so far been given to those affected by heavy rainfall during the northeast monsoon last year.

An amount of Rs.75 crore has been given to legal heirs of those who died as well as those who lost their cattle and dwelling units.

With all the 1,000-odd Tata Magic maxicabs that operate in the city on the road to regularisation, the question of effective utilisation of the increasing number of such share cabs and autorickshaws to serve the city's transportation needs has cropped up again.

Speaking to The Hindu, Transport Minister K.N.

The vast stretches of waste lands in Dharmapuri district can be turned into