Climate change spikes sea levels
Chennai, Kochi and Surat are among the world’s top 20 cities will be flooded dangerously. The sea rises as temperatures spike and polar ice melts. The fear is that many refuse to see the catastrophe
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Asthma cases in Chennai double in 5 years
Outdoor pollution considered the primary cause The incidence of asthma has almost doubled in the last five to six years in the city. Specifically, incidence of childhood asthma has also gone up,
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Groundwater level down by a metre in Chennai, says NGO
Inadequate summer rain this year and increased offtake take a toll Inadequate rain this year and increased dependence have taken a toll on the groundwater table in the city. The average groundwater
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Groundwater level down by a metre in city: study
Inadequate summer rain this year and increased offtake take a toll Inadequate rain this year and increased dependence have taken a toll on the groundwater table in the city. The average groundwater
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2015 Chennai floods a man-made disaster: CAG
Auditor’s report says indiscriminate discharge of water from Chembarambakkam lake burdened the Adyar river The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has been scathing in its criticism of the
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Water's crisis is ours to change
Each drop must bring more crop and more of everything By the time you read this, the crisis will be over. It will be business as usual. Instead of acute and crippling water shortage, the worry will
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Chennai’s Rs 2,476 crore plan to expand its airport gets environmental clearance
The proposed modernisation project will be carried out within the existing airport premises over an area of 1301.28 acres. An Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment, has
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Airport modernisation: panel okays environmental clearance
MoEF’s appraisal committee lays down conditions The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has recommended environmental clearance for the Chennai
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Air quality analysis of 10 cities points out 'multi-pollutant crisis' there: Claims NGO
An analyis of air quality of 10 state capitals of the country during last winter and in the past two months this summer has showed that they too are in the "dangerous grip" of a multi-pollutant crisis,
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Nightingales Home Health Services launched in Chennai
CHENNAI: Nightingales Home Health Services, a Medwell Ventures company, announced its entry into Chennai. The team in the city has doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists and wound care