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Letter requesting inclusion of Chennai in National Clean Air Programme non-attainment cities list

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Letter to NGT requesting inclusion of Chennai in National Clean Air Programme non-attainment cities. Chennai is the only major polluted city and one of the 12 cities with a population of more than a million to be left out of the non-attainment cities list. Not being on this list leaves Chennai out of the national discourse on air pollution and its mitigation.

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Trans Fat Regulations Campaign on Children’s Day 2019

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CAG will conduct a campaign to spread awareness about trans fats on 12th November 2019 (10:45am to 12:15pm) on the occasion of Children’s Day 2019, at RK Rangammal Kalvi Nilayam HSS School, Coimbatore.  

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Media coverage of electricity themes, topics, and issues in Tamil Nadu - an analysis

News media has a significant role to play in keeping the masses informed, shaping public opinion, setting the public agenda and in turn, enhancing public participation in the decision making process. This study examines the extent and nature of focus that news media extends to the subject of electricity in Tamil Nadu.

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World Food Day awareness event on trans fat

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CAG is organising a program on World Food Day 2019 in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Food Safety Department for the students of Women's Christian College on 16 Oct 2019. Th objective of the event is to stress about healthy food habits, eating nutritionally rich and balanced meals, and the ill effects of trans fats. 

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CAG’s appeal to TANGEDCO for decarbonised energy security

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In this letter to TANGEDCO, CAG appeals to move to decarbonised energy plan for Tamil Nadu. Plan for realistic growth in electricity demand. Improve performance of existing coal plants instead of building new plants.
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ITPCL - Financially Viable or Not?

The power sector is one of the highly stressed sectors, responsible for 40% of the total stressed assets in India. We performed financial analysis of the IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company in Cuddalore, accused of environmental pollution in nearby villages and the struggling arm of IL&FS's coal based energy business.

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Letter to the Expert Appraisal Committee - Thermal Power, recommending a site visit to the Ennore Thermal Power Station - Expansion Project

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This is the letter to the Expert Appraisal Committee - Thermal Power recommending a site visit to the Ennore Thermal Power Station - Expansion Project, about possible violations of its directive to TANGEDCO to refrain from any construction work after the expiry of Environmental Clearance for the project.

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Coal Power Plants in Tamil Nadu - a decade of false starts and falling performance

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At the start of this decade, when Tamil Nadu was reeling under an acute shortage of power, capacity addition to the tune of 50 GW was proposed. This report looks at the status of the proposed plants and finds that only one of them has been commissioned, and most others shelved.

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