An illegal dump yard along the Cooum River beneath the Maduravoyal flyover caught fire on Saturday, causing severe pollution in surrounding areas localities such as Mogappair West.The fire raged ...

The union urban development ministry and the Central Pollution Control Board mandate that local bodies follow a separate process to handle meat wastes. CHENNAI: Every night, R Vetrivelu, a ...

The Perungudi dump yard, maintained by Greater Chennai Corporation and monitored by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, has not just violated solid waste management rules, but all environment ...

AIADMK to protest waste-to-energy project in Chennai led by Edappadi K. Palaniswami and B. Valarmathi on June 2.

CHENNAI: In a key milestone for relentless resident activism, authorities have started clearing the Chitlapakkam dump yard, as the first step towards reclaiming the Chitlapakkam lake.

When contacted, an official from Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) maintained that they were monitoring. “Stern action will be taken against those resorting to create unauthorized dump yards in ...

Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation has completed 10% of biomining at the 352-acre Kodungaiyur dump yard and is set to ramp up operations. GCC commissioner J Kumaragurubaran said they are ...

Tension is simmering in North Chennai, as the Greater Chennai Corporation refuses to budge on its proposed Waste to Energy plant in Kodungaiyur despite stiff op ...

The Chennai Corporation will soon extend the existing ... Currently, 100 acres of the 269-acre plot in Kodungaiyur is used to dump garbage. The civic body on Saturday scrambled to find a solution ...

CHENNAI: Vacant plots are turning into garbage dumping grounds in the city and suburbs with residents as well as construction companies dumping their waste in such places. The proposed dump yards ...