ECC Tiruvallur, conducted outreach meetings at Mannurpet on August 29, 2018, Arambakkam on September 15, 2018, and Varadharajapuram on October 29, 2018, in Tiruvallur Distr
The Insurance Ombudsman plays a vital role in grievance redressal and mediating a settlement for both parties. With only one Ombudsman office in Chennai and the increasing number of complaints, there is an urgent need to set up more Ombudsman offices.
சென்னையில் இருக்கும் கொடுங்கையூர் குப்பை கிடங்கு சென்னையின் மற்ற புறங்களில் வசிப்பவர்களுக்கே அதிர்ச்சி ஊட்ட கூடிய நிலையில் உள்ளது. இதனால் ஏற்படும் சுற்றுசூழல் பாதிப்புகளையும் அதனால் மக்களுக்கு ஏற்படக்கூடிய அபாயங்கள் பற்றிய ஒரு சிறு குறிப்பு.
COP24, touted as the most important climate conference since the 2015 Paris meeting (COP21), was held in the coal mining city of Katowice, Poland from December 2 to 15, 2018. The event saw muted ambition by member nations to combat climate change and failure to divorce coal.
Visiting a Regional Transport Office (RTO) after 2 decades, Sumana Narayanan concludes that the old adage, “the more things change, the more they remain the same”, is very apt.
Most city residents continue to casually toss garbage out of their homes, frequently forgetting the section that must bear the repercussions. This blog is in the form of a poem.
An Environmental Statement submitted by an industry to the State Pollution Control Board details the pollution it caused and the mitigation measures adopted. A perusal of these statements for Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station, Nellore District, reveals under-reporting and mismatches in data.
This is a series of basic FAQS to help debunk common misconceptions about waste management and clarify doubts that stop citizens from doing their bit in taking responsibility for their own waste. While there are many more aspects to waste management, these FAQs focus on (de)centralised system of waste management and composting.
The line between Indian housing policy and slum policy is very blurry. This affects the implementation of both policies. This piece examines the slum policy in Chennai and the need for a renewed approach.
This blog elaborates the role of landscape ecology in building urban resilience. This is based on the takeaways from a recent Care Earth Workshop on the Fundamentals of Landscape Ecology.
