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Chennai water crisis: Citing water shortage, 100 hostels shut

Around 100 hostels in Chennai’s busiest neighbourhoods have stopped operations over the past few days, seemingly contradicting the Tamil Nadu government’s claims that the state capital is not suffe

Publication Date: 
19/06/2019
Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Drinking Water Scarcity, Water Supply
Water Resources

India is drying up, fast

Congratulations to all... we have achieved 50 degree temperature this year. Let’s cut more trees to achieve 60 degrees the next year,’ a sarcastic tweet the other day came as a jolt.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2019
Devinder Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
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India, Traditional Water Harvesting, Rajasthan, Churu (D), Drought, Maharashtra, Ahmedabad (D), Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Environment

How green is the country? Check out our State of India's Environment Report 2019 In Figures

The State of India's Environment 2019 in Figures is an exclusive data-driven analysis of major developmental and environmental sectors. Each and every dataset from this periodic publication can be used by the media to investigate compelling stories, ask better questions to policymakers to drive them to come up with better policies for sustainable development agenda.  SoE 2019 in Figures is an annual quantified statement of environmental statistics and analysis put together by Down To Earth magazine, which Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) helps publish.

Publication Date: 
05/06/2019
India Environment Portal
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Environment, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Food Security, Agriculture, Transport, Economy, Habitat, Slums, Water Resources, Water Pollution, Water Supply, Hazardous Waste, Health Effects, India, Delhi, Chennai, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal construction affecting free flow of water from Narayanapuram lake to Pallikaranai marshland, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 02/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of A. Swaminathan, President Narayanapuram Residents Association Vs State of Tamil Nadu dated 02/04/2019 regarding illegal construction in the course of the project called ‘Ramaniyam Ocean Dew Apartment’, affecting free flow of water from Narayanapuram lake to Pallikaranai marshland, by blocking the water ways.

Judgement Date: 
02/04/2019
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Water Resources, Wetlands, Urban Encroachments, Chennai, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Housing Construction, Court, Tamil Nadu
Energy

Here comes the sun: residential consumers’ experience with rooftop solar PV in five Indian cities

This working paper documents residential consumers’ experiences with solar rooftop PV systems. The data is captured through household surveys conducted across five Indian cities.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2018
Amala Devi, Uttara Narayan, Tirthankar Mandal
World Resources Institute
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Solar Energy, Solar Cells, India, Renewable Energy, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jaipur, Nagpur
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding de-silting on Adyar and Cooum Rivers and Buckingham Canal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 31/10/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs. The Principal Secretary, Environment & Forests, Govt. of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 31/10/2018 regarding de-silting on Adyar and Cooum Rivers and Buckingham Canal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Judgement Date: 
31/10/2018
Tags:
Floods, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sewage Pollution, Waste Disposal, River Pollution, Cooum, Adyar
Natural Disasters

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Performance Audit of Flood Management and Response in Chennai and its Suburban Areas

In a scathing report the Comptroller and Auditor General Of India (CAG) held the state government responsible for the 2015 Chennai floods and called it a "man-made disaster." The report tabled in Tamil Nadu assembly on July 9, two-and-a-half years after the floods that killed 300 people, claims there was serious failure in the operation of the C

Publication Date: 
09/07/2018
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
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Floods, Flood Control, Disaster Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Lakes, Reservoirs, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
Environment

Sterlite Copper told to shut shop in T.N.

Sterlite Copper, the Vedanta Group’s copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi, was sealed on Monday evening, shortly after the Tamil Nadu Environment and Forests Department issued a two-page Government

Publication Date: 
29/05/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Tamil Nadu, M/s. Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd Thoothukudi, Copper, Chennai, High Court, Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board
Energy

Rooftop revolution: unleashing Chennai’s rooftop potential

The city of Chennai has the potential to be a solar champion, according to a Greenpeace India report, titled, Rooftop Revolution: Unleashing Chennai’s Rooftop Potential. The report finds that the total rooftop solar potential of this city is 1,380 MW. If realised, this can help the city reduce the power demand by about 10%.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2018
Greenpeace India
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Solar Energy, Chennai, Solar Cells, Electricity
Environment

Order of the Madras High Court regarding regarding compensation to persons affected by oil spillage due to collision of ships Kamarajar Port, Chennai on 28/01/2017

Order of the Madras High Court in the matter of Meenava Thanthai K.R.Selvaraj Vs The Secretary To Government of Tamil Nadu dated 12/04/2018 regarding compensation to persons affected by oil spillage due to collision of ships M. T. Dawn Kanchipuram and MT BW Maple near Kamarajar Port, Chennai on 28/01/2017.

HISTORY AND COURSE OF THE CASE

Judgement Date: 
12/04/2018
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Chennai, Marine Fisherfolk, Marine Pollution, High Court, Compensation

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