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Madras's smarter ways with water
Water is not only linked to rise of civilization, it also gives us clues about how the history of urban planning evolved. Having observed World Water...
NGT asks TN govt to ensure clean Cooum, Adyar rivers
A bench comprising Justice Pushpa Satyanarayan and expert member Satyagopal Korlapati asked the state to check the illegal dumping of garbage into the...
The unbearable stench of political sycophancy
River restoration projects are a joke, to say the least. Public toilets and Uncleared garbage bins stink.
Commercial buildings to face eviction heat
As part of the Cooum restoration project, the department had recently demolished houses at Radhakrishnan Nagar in Arumbakkam. “The next step is to...
And dirty flows historic Cooum
Inherent geography and rapid increase in population plotted the destruction of the river. So synonymous with filth has the river become that every...
Chennai’s black & odorous waterways pose a challenge
Aquatic life cannot survive in river water that has high sediment loads, low dissolved oxygen, and toxics. Chennai’s focus so far has been only on...