I travel home on a two wheeler during weekends from Puducherry to Karaikal to be with my family. However on one such trip in December 2019 I met with a road crash. Travelling at around 60 kmph, a dog suddenly crossed the road. I applied my brakes to…
I live pretty close to a major school in Anna Nagar. In pre Covid-19 days, when schools were still up and running, young boys of that school, from 9th std to 12 std, used to ride around on expensive bikes like the Duke R15. Being young, their…
Tamil Nadu electricity bill needs redesign for greater transparency, consumer awareness: CAG-CEEW
For immediate release Chennai, March 2021
Electricity bills act as the primary mode of communication between the utility and consumer. Apart from…
Cardiologists, public health experts urge managing salt intake to control hypertension
It is estimated that better hypertension control can prevent 400-500,000 premature deaths
For immediate release Chennai, March 2021
As India observed Salt…
A look at Tamil Nadu’s plastic ban: 2 years on
Do we take plastic pollution and its effects on the ecosystem and our health seriously?
For release on March 15, World Consumer Rights Day Chennai, March 2021
This World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD…
CAG, in partnership with Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), and supported by Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation has conducted a study on using the electricity bill as an enabling mechanism to improve information disclosure and…
This happened a few years ago. I had had a fever all day and had barely eaten. I had to go out for some reason even though I was feeling quite weak and ill. I was attempting to cross the road and was halfway across, when I saw a bike approaching me…
In August 2020, just after the lock down was lifted I was travelling on my bike at around 6’o clock in the morning. A water tanker lorry had just passed ahead of me, leaking water. Oblivious to the water present on the road I was travelling at 40…
I was waiting at the road intersection for the signal to go green. A couple of two wheeler riders were also waiting at the intersection. But unlike me, they were not waiting for the lights to turn green; they just wanted to find a break in…
Let us exercise our rights as consumers to move towards sustainable lifestyles. #noplasticpollution is do-able if we work together.
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