CAG participated in a consultation organised by Directorate of Town and Country Planning (organised by DTCP), to plan revision of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, incorporating steps towards sustainable development, sustainable mobility, climate change resilience, efficient land-use, infrastructure and settlement growth across the state.
Playgrounds, parks and such public spaces are crucial for the health and well-being of citizens. The pandemic has just underscored their importance, notes Sumana Narayanan of CAG. As Madras turns 382 this August, it is time the city ensures that parks and playgrounds abound and that they are well-maintained and accessible to all.
Senior Counsel NL Rajah appearing for the petitioner argued that children had taken to begging due to lack of provision of cooked nutritious meal in schools.
Following a petition by CAG, the court has observed that the State needs to take aggressive steps to ensure that, despite school closure over the lockdown, children need to be supplied their food and nutritional content as specified in the National Food Security Act 2013.
In one of the very first webinars on EIA held in May, Manju Menon from CPR talked about history of EIA, while Niraj Bhatt talked about the key dilutions in the draft EIA 2020
CAG organized a few multi-stakeholder meetings during February, March and April 2020 to eliminate trans fat from food supply in Tuticorin, Madurai, Gobichettipalayam and Nagapattinam districts of Tamil Nadu.