Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Ravi Kumar, Proprietor, M/s.Shree Foods Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 18/05/2016. The appellants are small manufactures of eatable materials viz., chips by using potatos. Alleging that by washing potatoes, the untreated water is being discharged in the river Cooum, the impugned order of the Board came to be passed by exercising its jurisdiction under Section 33A of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

The Cooum River originates in the neighbouring district of Tiruvallur, at its namesake village, and runs a course of roughly 70 km before joining the Bay of Bengal on the eastern coast.

Polluter pays: National Green Tribunal says no new facts are available to review its order.

Green Tribunal refuses to halt laying of pipelines for sewerage project

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mr. R.V. Baktavachalam & Others Vs The Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (TP.2) Department, Chennai & Others dated 29/03/2016 regarding letting out sewerage water into Karunakarachery Panchayat, Soranjeri Panchayat, Thirumanam Panchayat, Kannapalayam Panchayat, Annambedu Panchayat, Situkadu Panchayat and Anaikattucherry Panchayat’s Cooum River as well as in the upstream portion of Cooum River from its origin in Cooum Village in Tiruvallur District.

This article investigates the impact of court verdicts on Chennai’s canals, tanks and related wetlands. It discusses three interlinked cases surrounding Buckingham Canal area and argues that the verdicts in these cases allowed the administration to destroy sophisticated water systems. It also argues that these waterbodies could have mitigated, if not prevented, the November–December 2015 fl oods in Chennai.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of P. Edwin Wilson & Others Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 18/11/2015 regarding progress of the Integrated Cooum river Eco restoration project.

After many initiatives to restore the severely-polluted Cooum river back to its days of glory, work on building a baby canal in the middle of the river has now begun.

Work will begin on 11.4-km portion of waterway

Chennai: The southern zone of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT) to arrest 101 ‘identified’ sewage outfalls on priority to save Cooum from furt

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