CHENNAI: The State government on Thursday sought time to appoint a Conservator to river Cooum as directed by the Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT).

The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Southern Bench has restrained the Chennai Corporation from dumping garbage on the banks of the Cooum river in Nolambur.

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has cleared the proposal for construction of around 15,000 tenements by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board at Perumbakkam.

The clearance follows the TNSCB fulfilling the requirement of constructing an 18-metre-wide road near the multi-storeyed buildings. The move seeks to facilitate the resettlement and rehabilitation of 15,000 families from the city. However, the TNSCB is planning to reduce the number of tenements proposed in the project.

Instead of letting out excess water into sea, it will be diverted to the waterway

The Water Resources Department (WRD) is planning to carry out flushing of the Cooum river in a few days with the surplus water from Poondi reservoir.

Let out by residents living along banks and even government agencies

Buckingham Canal is the most polluted of the three major waterways in the city with nearly 60 per cent of the estimated 55 million litres of untreated sewage being let into it daily, including by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board.

Polluted stretches of the coastal belt between Pulicat and Kanyakumari, including major tourist destinations along the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coast will be cleaned on September 3 as part of the International Coastal Clean-up Day.

300 cars will be accommodated on the 5-metre-wide strip
A parking lot for 300 cars on Link Road, near the busy Spencer junction on Anna Salai, will become operational in the next few weeks.

CHENNAI: The Chennai Auto Ancillary Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Company (CAAIIUC) held an interactive meeting with the unit holders of the Ambattur Industrial Estate on Saturday, to discuss various issues including stop sending treated water into Cooum river and Korattur lake.

CHENNAI: A study on the toxic nature of the sediments in the Cooum river is being conducted by the Chennai River Restoration Trust.

The study is to take preventive measures on any possible impact on human health during dredging.