Chennai city is drowning after a single day's rain. The low-lying areas in Chennai city and surrounding areas resemble rivers and lakes. With Puzhal and Chembarambakkam, the main drinking water supplying reservoirs reaching their full capacity, excess water is being released from the two...
KP Suresh Babu, a senior section engineer at ICF, had started helping people facing flooding in November of 2015. Chennai was seeing sustained heavy rains. He and his friends would cook food and distribute among people whose belongings were under water. Little did he know that worse was to...
It’s that time of the year now when the dragonfly flies in formation. But, why now? This is the time the ecological balance goes askew and the dragonfly appears to set it right. In a few weeks, the northeast monsoon will set. We are already seeing signs – hot, humid air. Such air is best for...
The neutrino project is once again in the news. A delegation led by Lok Sabha MP TR Balu met Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal ahead of PRAGATI meeting chaired by the Prime Minister and conveyed the state government’s opposition to the project. Chief Minister MK Stalin had...
A debate is ongoing in media as well as in Supreme Court if Mullaperiyar Dam played a role in increasing the disaster proportions during Kerala floods this year. This debate is not about the safe water level in Mullaperiyar dam considering its structural safety, it's more about the operational...
British multinational Vedanta Resources' Sterlite Copper smelter emitted between 2 and 21 tonnes (average 7.8 tonnes) of cancer-causing arsenic into Thoothukudi's environment every day while in operation, according to an arsenic mass balance made using Sterlite's own data, says environment...
Among the key contributors to dwindling fish catch is trawling that catches the hatchlings too. The target of trawlers is not hatchlings but they get caught in the nets and are scooped up. While hatchlings that come along with the fish are not consumed as food, they fetch a price as fodder for...
Adyar creek is one of the primary and vibrant estuarine ecosystems of Chennai. In the 1950s, the department of fisheries, government of Tamil Nadu, was involved in the setting up of fish and shrimp farms adjacent to the creek under the all-India network project on fish farming. It was one...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has ordered the permanent closure of Sterlite Copper smelting unit in Tuticorin. Meanwhile, District revenue officials have sealed the factory according to police sources. Despite this, residents of Kumarediyapuram, the focus of the 100- day...
