CAG in collaboration with TNCPERC, Thiruvarur conducted a workshop on "Strengthening Road Safety Decision Making" for members of the District Road Safety Committee on the 18th of July, 2022. Several eminent speakers shared their inputs on how translating MVAA 2019 provisions to on-ground action will help create safer roads. Sessions on leveraging the use of technology in road safety monitoring and enforcement; the need for a speed management policy at the state level and the global "safe systems" approach to road safety were well received by the DRSC members. The workshop highlighted the need to focus on road safety enforcement for the district of Thiruvarur and received significant media coverage.
Our blog on waste workers was published in the Citizen Matters. The blog follows Laddoo, a waste worker, who collects old clothes for recycling. Waste workers, like Laddoo, form the backbone of our save-from-the-landfill efforts.
An article based on CAG's 'Slow Down!' report emphasising the need for implementation of the MVAA 2019, better overall enforcement of speeding laws, and a more scientific approach to arriving at speed limits.
நாம் மின் சாதனங்களை பயன்படுத்தவில்லை என்றாலும் சுவிட்சை அணைக்காமல் இருந்தால் மின்சாரம் செலவாகிக்கொண்டே இருக்கும். நாம் அதற்கும் சேர்த்து வீணாக மின்சாரக் கட்டணம் செலுத்துகிறோம் என்று சி.ஏ.ஜி.யின் ஸ்டேண்ட்-பை பவர் லாஸ் ஆய்வில் தெரிய வந்துள்ளது. இதனைப் பற்றி முழுதாக தெரிந்துகொண்டு மின்சாரத்தை சிக்கனமாக செலவழியுங்கள்.
Are you turning off devices (like the AC) with the remote and not at the wall? CAG's report found that this results in electricity still being discharged. TANGEDCO officials also confirm that the 'load that these devices have on the transformer cannot be ruled out'. Remember to always switch off appliances at the wall.
While Tamil Nadu topped the food safety index announced by the Union Health Ministry earlier this month, this article reminds us that re-using cooking oil is highly prevalent among street food vendors (as found by a CAG study). This is a practice with significant implications on public health.
Following the GO that millets be distributed in the PDS, S.Saroja, CAG, suggests that this be done in one urban location also, to assess demand and plan for future supply.
As speeding was found to be prevalent across all 25 locations assessed by CAG. this article underlines the need for better signage to indicate speed limits, and better enforcement.
As policies and procedures make it harder for solar energy consumers to sell power back to the company, Vishnu Rao, CAG, suggests that households set up solar panels for the simple reason that they can be energy sufficient; and that there is much to gain from going renewable'.
A survey by TOI on the efficacy of the single-use ban in Tamil Nadu throws up findings similar to what CAG found in its 2021 study - the use of plastics among vendors remains prevalent. Vamsi Shankar, CAG points out that for the ban to be effective, enforcement must be at the level of plastic bag manufacturing and a viable ecosystem of alternatives should be created. For as long as plastic bags are cheaply available, they will remain the street vendor's packaging of choice.
உடலின் தேவைக்கும் அதிகமாக இருக்கும் உப்பு , சர்க்கரை மற்றும் கொழுப்பின் அளவை பொட்டலம் செய்த உணவு பொருள் பாக்கெட்டின் முன் புறத்தில் நுகர்வோருக்கு எளிதாக எச்சரிக்கை செய்யும் வண்ணம் மக்கள் நலன் பெறும்படி எய்ம்ஸ் அமைப்பு பரிந்துரை செய்த எச்சரிக்கை குறியீடு முறையை அமல்படுத்த வேண்டுமென்று வலுவான கோரிக்கையை சிஏஜி ஆராய்ச்சியாளர் சவிதா மற்றும் இதர நுகர்வோர் அமைப்புகள் கூட்டாக அரசுக்கு முன்வைக்கிறார்கள்.
What will it take to transform Chennai's Public Transport scene? Amongst other targets, we need a commitment to re-imagine our woefully inadequate pedestrian spaces documented by CAG in this article in the Journal of Road Safety.
