Brahmapuram fire: Kochi residents urged to stay indoors as smoke spread continues

The Kochi district authorities have directed the residents to stay indoors as the smoke from the Brahmapuram plant fire is engulfing the city.
- March 6, 2023

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 6 (IANS) The Kochi district authorities have directed the residents to stay indoors as the smoke from the Brahmapuram plant fire is engulfing the city. While firefighters are trying their best to douse the fire, the smoke emanating is creating problems. Heavy smoke at Kundanur area in Ernakulam is creating panic. Ernakulam district […]

Dumping sewage in water bodies: NGT for stringent action

The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), Chennai Metrowater authority, and other local bodies to take stringent action against the dumping of sewage in open water sources.
- February 16, 2023

Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), Chennai Metrowater authority, and other local bodies to take stringent action against the dumping of sewage in open water sources. The NGT directed these bodies to stick to the guidelines framed by the Tribunal for […]

Cooum river in Chennai, most polluted river in the country: CPCB report

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in a recent report has revealed the Cooum river in Chennai as the most polluted river in the whole country.
- January 31, 2023

Chennai, Jan 31 (BPNS) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in a recent report has revealed the Cooum river in Chennai as the most polluted river in the whole country. According to the report, Biomedical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in Cooum river between Avadi to Sathya Nagar was 345 Mg /litre which is the highest among […]

Pollution levels in Chennai rivers high : TNPCB

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB)in its water analysis study report said that the three major rivers of Chennai, Cooum, Adayar and Buckingham Canal have high levels of pollution and is unfit for any kind of life form.
- January 18, 2023

Chennai, Jan 18 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB)in its water analysis study report said that the three major rivers of Chennai, Cooum, Adayar and Buckingham Canal have high levels of pollution and is unfit for any kind of life form. The TNPCB in the study report stated that in a study carried […]

Tamil Nadu’s Perennial RiverThamirabarani Is Struggling for Protection

The river Thamirabarani, the perennial river of Tamil Nadu is facing the threat of pollution mainly due to its unhealthy surroundings.
- December 24, 2022

Sreevidhya Rajeev/ Chennai, Dec 24 (BPNS) The river Thamirabarani, the perennial river of Tamil Nadu is facing the threat of pollution mainly due to its unhealthy surroundings. Major issues faced by the river include the mixing of sewage, illegal mining, industrial pollution and dumping of plastic waste. Textile pollutants and paper industrial waste are other […]

TNPCB commence crackdown on transport of untreated sewage

- September 14, 2022

Chennai , Sept 14( BPNS) Tamil Nadu Pollution control board (TNPCB) has directed the district administrations to ensure that lorries transporting untreated sewage be confiscated and case registered against those operating them. In Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu nine lorries were seized that were found to be emptying untreated sewage into water bodies rather than […]