RTI query reveals contractor was paid `240 cr even before receiving clearance for the project
THE `1,655-crore elevated expressway from Chennai Port Trust to Maduravoyal is yet to get government approval, according to information under the Right to Information (RTI).
In a reply to an RTI application filed by activist Aruldoss on December 13, the Environment Department said
SLUM dwellers facing the danger of eviction sent 100 telegrams to Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Friday to cancel the clearance given by the ministry to the elevated Expressway from the port to Maduravoyal, running across the River Cooum.
TANNERIES in and around Chennai are dumping about 3,000 kilolitres of waste per day into the city's water- ways and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is working out strate- gies to make the units adhere to zero discharge, according to R Ramachan- dran, member secretary, TNPCB.
SCE is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding in February with the Cooum Sub-basin Restoration and Management Unit.
CHENNAI: The Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE), a body floated by the Singaporean government, will be associated with the Cooum beautification project.
CHENNAI: The Public Utilities Board (PUB) of Singapore, the water agency of the Southeast Asian country, has agreed to cooperate with the State government in preparing a comprehensive conceptual master plan for the restoration of the Cooum river.
Adopting the Singapore model to beautify the Cooum is not very convincing. While the Singapore River Cleaning project was environment-centric, the Cooum model appears to be beautification oriented, which could be mostly cosmetic, says M G Devasahayam
