CHENNAI: The Chennai Division of Southern Railway is adopting energy conservation measures in view of the power situation prevailing in the State.
Power consumption is going up by leaps and bounds in the Division in view of additional facilities such as lifts, escalators and enhanced illumination provided at the railway stations. The Division is consuming about 38 lakh units a month.
NANO GETS A STATE WELCOME
S Kalyana Ramanathan & Dilip Kumar Satapathy / Chennai/bhubaneshwar September 4, 2008, 0:28 IST
Tata Motors' Singur debacle is not the first of its kind for the $60 billion group that is often referred to as 'nation builders'.
When Tata Motors announced late last evening that it was suspending work at Singur and looking for alternate locations to make the Nano car, it added one more to a long list of projects suspended mostly due to differences with one government or another.
The Second Master Plan bats for a green and clean Chennai. If the Plan is implemented, you could be penalised heavily if you throw garbage out of your house.
Growing number of vehicular trips by cars and two wheelers which result in traffic congestion, air pollution and traffic accidents has become a major concern in urban areas. Investments in high
capacity rail based mass transit systems are being promoted to arrest this trend. In the last two decades Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi have invested in MRTS/LRT systems. This paper analyses the
CHENNAI: Visitors to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, can now enjoy travelling in a battery-operated electric vehicle.
The zoo authorities have purchased five such new vehicles from a private company. Each vehicle costs about Rs 5.5 lakh and can accommodate nearly 12 persons including the driver, said the zoo authorities. At present the zoo has about four road rails and four battery-operated vans. While the road rails were used for going around the zoo, the vans were used mainly for lion safari visits.
SHOWING their displeasure against the Central Government's motive, the Tamil Nadu fishermen on Thursday unanimously rejected the proposed Coastal Zone Management draft notification-2008 by terming it as a move to evict them from their coastal area and allow tourist resorts and industries backed by multinationals to launch their business there.
Chennai's economy is expected to increase to around $150 billion from the current $45 billion by 2025. Infrastructure would lead the growth, according to a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) study.
Speaking to reporters after announcing 'Chennai Version 3.0', to be held here on August 22 by CII, GRK Reddy, chairman, CII
WHEN the world is struggling to find new ways and means to fight global warming, the Exnora International has come up with a simple solution to combat the serious trouble
IF you experience a black-out in your home at 8 pm on Friday , don't get shocked. It might be the work of a young one at your home, resolved to act against global warming.
More than 600 children from several city schools, including Santhome Higher Secondary School, Rosary Matriculation School and Bharathy Vidyalaya Matriculation School, Ayanavaram, on Saturday pledged to switch off lights in their homes at 8 pm on August 8, for eight minutes to highlight the adverse effects of global warming.
