September, 2017 Citizen Matters, Chennai

With the CRRT in charge, can Chennai look forward to a cleaner Cooum?

September 22, 2017 Balaji Pattabiraman

The imperative of restoring the city’s water bodies have been voiced by many, but progress till date has been disappointing. The Chennai River Restoration Trust’s mission has raised hopes anew for revival of the Cooum and other rivers.

Surely Chennai, stray dogs at the Corporation pound deserve better than this!

September 19, 2017 Vignesh Mahadevan

A city-based teenage animal activist’s visit to the pound run by the Corporation of Chennai leaves him distraught and aghast over the pitiable condition of the canine inhabitants. Here’s his petition to the authorities.

Mandatory segregation? Great idea, but how can we implement it?

September 15, 2017 Meenakshi Ramesh

The reported move of the GCC to make segregation at source mandatory is music to the ears of many waste champions in the city, but they know that a lot more needs to be done to make the mission a success on a city-wide scale.

There’s a jackal out there in the heart of Chennai, did you know?

September 12, 2017 Balaji Pattabiraman

400 acres of pure green and 300 species of fauna is what the Adyar Eco Park will treat you to. But it’s more than just another biodiversity hot spot, it’s a tale of what well-spent public funds and hard work can achieve.

The man who introduced Chennai to waste segregation, much before anyone else

September 8, 2017 Akshatha M

Long before Indian cities began to talk about segregation and composting, Chennai as a city had successfully experimented with it, thanks to the unique Exnora initiative. But how did the movement wane? Akshatha M chats with M B Nirmal, the visionary founder of Exnora.

Rs 2000 or Rs 15000? No transparency in conservancy fees for use of public spaces

September 4, 2017 Akshatha M

Organisers had to shell out Rs 15000, as against the Rs 2000 initially quoted, for each of two concerts held on Besant Nagar during the Marghazi Festival this year, but have since been trying in vain to substantiate the official basis for these charges.