Chennai District

Despite ban, immersion of Ganpati idols made of PoP continue in Bengaluru lakes

Chennai reels under acute crisis of drinking water

Oil spill in Ennore has highly impacted the zone between Ennore and Marina beach

Just seven to eight percent water left in TN’s reservoirs

Once home to over 400 water bodies, Chennai’s development story is similar to most metropolises across India. Urbanising at a hurried pace, the concrete city spilled over its waterways and wetlands, leaving behind a sorry tale of ecological destruction.

Storage levels dip in country's major reservoirs: Government

Population growth estimates suggest that India will be supporting over 1.5 billion inhabitants by 2050 if the present growth rate of 1.9 percent per year continues.

Budget up by 11 and 19 percent for water and environment ministries respectively

From its rather benign origins connoting a type of land classification, the term poromboke has transformed into something grotesque over the years. This term had been in use since the Cholas denoting stretches of land reserved for shared communal use which cannot be bought or sold.