TN Slum Clearance Board and its projects through the lens of CAG’s audit report – Part III
TNSCB floundering to implement in-situ project
A view of the dilapidated TNSCB tenement, Nochikuppam. Photo Courtesy: The Hindu
Pradeepan Ravi, Researcher, CAG
TN Slum Clearance Board through the lens of CAG’s audit report – Part II
TNSCB guilty of violating NBC norms in the Perumbakkam project
A view of the multistoried Perumbakkam Resettlement Colony built by Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board. Photo Courtesy: Annie Divya, Researcher, Citizen consumer and civic Action Group.
TN Slum Clearance Board through the lens of CAG’s audit report – Part I
CAG finds TNSCB in violation of the TN Slums Act
A post-eviction scene at a slum in Ennore, Chennai. Undeclared slums like this are frequently subjected to forced evictions in contravention of human rights and national and international laws. Photo Courtesy: Jacintha Chitra, Researcher, Citizen consumer and civic Action Group
Proceeding of NGT case hearing on 22/12/2015 –Madras Fertilizers penalised for polluting the Cooum
The TCN@CAG team on 22nd December 2015, attended another hearing of the case related to the cleaning of Chennai’s waterways filed by Mr. Edwin Wilson at the southern bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Chennai. The counsels for Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT), Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), industries charged for polluting the Cooum (namely, Madras Fertilizers, Chennai Petroleum and Ennore Thermal Power Plant) and the petitioner were present in the court for the hearing.
Another Day at the NGT: Hearing of the Cooum River Eco-restoration Project Case (November 18th 2015)
As the community outreach team at CAG is closely following the developments related to the Cooum River Eco-restoration project, the team attended another hearing of the case related to the project at the southern bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Chennai on 18th November 2015.
An Assessment of Infrastructure and Access to Services at Ezhil Nagar, a newly constructed neighbourhood in the Kannagi Nagar resettlement colony (May 2015, updated October 2015) - Tamil
A two pager of the fact finding exercise conducted by Transparent Cities Network in Ezhil Nagar in May and updated in October 2015 to assess the infrastructure and other facilities created in the resettlement colony
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An Assessment of Infrastructure and Access to Services at Ezhil Nagar, a newly constructed neighbourhood in the Kannagi Nagar resettlement colony (May 2015, updated October 2015)
A two pager of the fact finding exercise conducted by Transparent Cities Network in Ezhil Nagar in May and October 2015 to assess the infrastructure and other facilities created in the resettlement colony
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When the Poor Have No Voice: A Brief Summary of the Hearing at the National Green Tribunal in a Case Related to the Cooum Restoration (September 2015)
The community outreach team at CAG recently learnt about the Government’s plan to evict 14,200 households from 58 slums located on the Cooum river banks in the guise of the Cooum River Eco-restoration Project. After a thorough perusal of the project documentation, we see it as a plan not to clean the waterway but as an excuse to raze the slums and develop the riverfront.
Livelihoods on the edge over relocation – the case of the Konnur High Road Settlement
The promise of a pucca house with an attached toilet and bathroom along with other facilities like running water connections, electricity, etc. would seem like a welcome idea for any resident of a slum without any of these basic facilities. But it is not so for the residents of Konnur High Road slum who have been asked by the Corporation to vacate their houses and relocate to the tenements of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) in Ezhil Nagar.
Press Release: Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) supported the Corporation of Chennai organize camps to register waste pickers for issuing occupational ID cards (August 2015)
Press Release on the ID card camps for waste pickers held at Kodungaiyur and Perungudi by the Corporation of Chennai with CAG's support in July 2015. A Transparent Cities Network activity supporting the Initiative on Waste, Informal Workers and Chennai's Future.
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