Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: PMK leader S. Ramadoss on Monday urged Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi to give up the elevated road project linking Light House with ECR, saying it was not only hazardous to environment, but would also displace the poor and middleclass living along the coastal belt.

CHENNAI: Facilities meant to convert solid waste into compost are being used as open dumping sites in the Tiruvottiyur and Manali municipalities.

In Manali, a composting project involving self-help group members a few years ago was shelved

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: The success of global policies on climate change depends on local actions, S. Balaji, Chief Conservator of Forests, said here on Thursday.

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: A two-day youth summit on eco revolution was inaugurated at Loyola College on Monday by Jessica Wallack, director, Centre for Development Finance; M. B. Nirmal, founder, Exnora International; and the rector, the principal and the secretary of Loyola College. Nearly 140 students from 13 city colleges signed up for the summit.

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: The next time you pick up a Washington Apple or a bar of Swiss chocolate, think again. You might have just unwittingly harmed the cause of saving Mother Earth.

If you realise the amount of fuel burnt to transport these commodities to the local supermarket, you would rather settle for the homegrown varieties.

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: For the second time this year, the Andhra Pradesh government released Krishna water to Chennai from Kandaleru reservoir of the Telugu Ganga project on Wednesday as a Sankranti gift to the residents of the city.

Even as 48 fresh cases of diarrhoea were reported in Chinna Kanch-eepuram on Sunday, the threat of the epidemic spre-ading to other villages, and even Chennai, looms large.

R. Rajaram

TIRUCHI: A comprehensive master plan of the zoological park to be established inside the Reserve Forest (RF) at M.R. Palayam near here has reached the final stage of preparation and would be submitted to the State government within this month.

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI: Irrigation tanks, which had become defunct in the wake of urbanisation, could be revived if there is community participation, emphasised speakers at the meeting organised by Neer Exnora in the city on Sunday.