Last fortnight, Vasundhara Raje, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, inaugurated Mahindra World City, Jaipur

A. Srivathsan

Chennai: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has commenced consultation with property owners to purchase land for constructing stations and laying the metro line.

P. Oppili

CHENNAI: The Experts Committee on Pallikaranai marsh constituted by the Madras High Court held a meeting on Friday.

CHENNAI: Chennai is to have an integrated leather park and a footwear design and development institute, according to Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power.

K. Manikandan

STINKING PROBLEM: Contamination by way of discharge of industrial effluents is a pressing problem in Pammal Municipality.

K.V. Prasad
COIMBATORE: The Opposition in the Coimbatore Corporation is determined to make the civic body convene a special meeting of the Council and table a White Paper on the status of the Rs.3,186-crore infrastructure schemes proposed under the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission.

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has demanded that the Corporation table the White Paper at least at the next Council meeting. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) insist that the special meeting should be held this month.

T. Ramakrishnan

CHENNAI: Perungudi on the southern outskirts of Chennai is home to several leading Information Technology companies. But, it is also known for groundwater contamination. The problem is a fallout of indiscriminate dumping of solid waste.

South Chennai has several other water-related problems, including undue pressure on water bodies, drainage implications and reliance on water market.

Health effects of air pollutants worse in Asian cities economic boom in Asia has come with a price. Health effects of particulate pollutants in Asian cities are similar

T. Ramakrishnan

CHENNAI: Availability of a substantial quantum of wind energy has made a difference to the power supply position, with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) lifting load shedding all over the State on Tuesday afternoon.

Since Sunday, Chennai and suburban areas did not have load shedding. TNEB officials attribute the relaxation of the system to the availability of more power.

On Tuesday evening (around 6-40 p.m.), about 1,500 megawatt of power was produced.

Throughout the day, the wind power generation was in the range of 1,000 MW-1,500 MW.

Chennai

AMID the giggles of dozens of children at the Konambedu Municipality School here on Sunday, Health Secretary V K Subburaj formally launched a Rotary Club programme to combat malnutrition among children.The programme, organised by the 12 clubs under the 3230 Rotary District and called

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