In a couple of months from now, the food served at the Amma canteen at Saravanampatty will be environment friendly in that the food will be cooked using bio-fuel.

In its effort to find a solution to the problem of waste accumulating at the Vellalore dump yard, the Coimbatore Corporation has planned to establish a waste-to-energy plant.

Irked over a reply not being filed in a case, the National Green Tribunal has issued an ultimatum to Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to file its reply on the next hearing, lest it b

COIMBATORE: Despite the assurances from the city corporation and State Pollution Control Board Officials, medical waste is being dumped inside the city corporation's Vellalore dump yard.

In its efforts towards improving waste collection and transportation, the Coimbatore Corporation would study the Warangal model of waste management, said Commissioner G. Latha.

Speaking to reporters at the end of a slide show presentation at the Corporation Kalaiarangam in the city on Tuesday, she said that the Corporation would study how the Warangal Municipal Corporation had gone about sharing revenue obtained from selling dry waste.

Titled as 'The Chennai Residential Real Estate Report', it also said the housing loan market of Chennai was expected to be Rs 800-900 crore, calculated on a monthly basis

The demand for housing in Chennai is expected to be in the range of 30,000-35,000 units annually, driven mainly by IT and ITeS sector, banking, financial services and Insurance (BFSI) and manufacturing, which includes automobiles, according to a report by real estate PE firm ASK Property Investment Advisors.

Coimbatore Corporation is going to replicate a Singapore power project that utilises domestic waste to generate electricity.

Cities are creaking under their own weight. And heat. In Surat, for instance, parts of the city with dense concrete jungles swelter at temperatures 5 degrees higher than the city’s greener parts.

New Delhi: Delhi has the lowest proportion of working women in any major Indian city, analysis of newly released Census data confirms.