Even as the city’s green cover is shrinking, the felling of trees on private and public property continues. A dedicated tree authority, under a specific law, is a pressing need.
Dr V Shanta, Chairperson of the Adyar Cancer Institute, talks of the difficulties faced by cancer patients due to the coronavirus lockdown and what can be done to support them.
Conservancy staff work quietly and tirelessly in the face of growing amounts of garbage and indifference among the citizens of Chennai. Nature lover and journalist Shobha Menon spends a morning with them and comes away with a heavy heart.
