Media Coverage

An article based on a survey by CAG which found that even though 88% of parents know that helmets save lives, 75% haven't purchased appropriate helmets for their children. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act of 2019 mandates helmets for all children aged 4 and over, and the Central Motor Vehicles (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022 mandates crash helmets or bicycle helmets for children aged between 9 months and 4 years.

This article explores reasons why both consumers and vendors struggle to move away from single use plastics, and quotes findings from CAG's survey of the efficacy of the Meendum Manjappai campaign.

CAG's Kuppai Thiruvizha celebrated the city's zero-waste possibilities. The event marked Climate Action Month, a series of events across the city, designed to make the young and old alike think about the problem of waste.

The #Wayanad landslides remind us to hold major carbon emitters accountable, establish a loss and damage fund & strictly enforce environmental regulations. Read more about this in our article published @TamilTheHindu. #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalJustice

CAG's report 'Evaluating the efficacy of the Meendum Manjappai campaign' was released during the inaugural event of Climate Action Month 2024. The report finds that while 94% of respondents indicated a desire to avoid single use plastics, the cost of plastic alternatives were a prohibitive factor.

Speaking at the inaugural event of CAG's Climate Action Month 2024, Mr. G. Sundarrajan, Poovulagin Nanbargal, explained that unless governments develop robust disaster management policies, and effective climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, natural disasters will continue wreaking havoc on entire communities.

An article based on CAG's report 'Evaluating the efficacy of the Meendum Manjappai campaign', explaining that the easy availability of plastics and the lack of suitable alternative drive our dependence on single-use plastics.

Divya Senthil and George Cheriyan, Citizen consumer civic Action Group, write on why drunk driving among young drivers needs a zero tolerance policy to anything above zero Blood Alcohol Content levels.