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Pallikaranai continues to choke

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Smoke emanating from Pallikaranai dumpyard continues to choke residents for the third consecutive day. “It has been 24 hours since the Pallikaranai dumpyard fire was put off, but normalcy is yet to be

Pallikaranai fire dims visibility, hurts motorist

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A massive fire broke out at Pallikaranai dumpyard early Saturday morning, affecting vehicular traffic for several hours.

The billowing smoke engulfed the entire locality and the thick haze reduced v

Patna drinking its own sewage

With only 10 per cent of Patna’s population connected to a sewage network system, some NGOs claim 90 per cent of the city’s excreta is flowing directly or indirectly into the Ganga river.

The Patna

No steps taken to keep ocean clean

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While marine biologists and ecologists observe World Ocean Day on Friday, some 100 million litres of untreated sewage water will be added to Marina Beach via the Napier Bridge causeway and Adyar river

India, China to account for 50% emissions

Noting that little progress has been made in stemming climate change, a UN report has pointed out that India and China will account for more than half of transportrelated emissions in the world which

Residents oppose fresh projects

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Local residents and green activists are pressing for a fresh moratorium on new industrial projects in the critically polluted areas of Eloor-Edayar and Ambal-amugal in Greater Kochi.

Though the minis

Pollution woes hit Kodungaiyur

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Perambur MLA Mr A. Soundararajan (64) and his wife Ms Ponni (60) have been shuttling between their Kodungaiyur residence and the MLAs’ hostel for the last one year as they have been undergoing continu

Sewage pollutes villages

Millions of litres of untreated sewage water from Hospet town that is being let into the Tungabhadra river has made the life of hundreds of villagers miserable.

Untreated water courses through Balago

Drain silt raises stink at Sanjeevaiah Park

The GHMC has turned the arterial Necklace Road into a dump yard. Silt collected from drains in the city is now being dumped on the Necklace Road in front of the Sanjeevaiah Park. Over 400 tonnes of fo

More than Rs 2,500 cr sanctioned for cleaning Ganga: Jayanthi

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Amid growing clamour to protect the Ganga, Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Sunday said the Centre was committed to saving the river and has sanctioned projects worth more than Rs 2,500 crore for

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