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HomePollution

Pollution

chennai dumpyard
Environment

How are heavy metals polluting the soil in Chennai?

February 10, 2023 Padmaja Jayaraman

A study has found that soil in Chennai is contaminated with heavy metals due to garbage dumping, vehicular emissions and industrial pollution.

chennai night sky
Environment

Not just about star-gazing: Why Chennai should care about light pollution

July 25, 2022 Padmaja Jayaraman

Apart from causing adverse impacts on biodiversity, light pollution can also affect human sleep cycles and health. How can Chennai address the issue?

motorists wait on chennai roads
Environment

Noise pollution rockets due to lax enforcement in Chennai

July 18, 2022 Padmaja Jayaraman

Traffic and construction are two key sources of noise pollution in Chennai. Here is what must be done to shed the tag of being a noisy city.

ennore thermal power plant
Environment

Does Chennai need a climate action plan?

July 4, 2022 Aruna Natarajan

What can Chennai do to mitigate the impact of climate change? How can Chennaiites be involved in formulating a plan for action?

Women, mental health and pollution
Environment

Women of Ennore are living testimony to the many costs of pollution

August 11, 2021 Laasya Shekhar

Uncertain livelihoods, deteriorating health and poverty resulting from pollution have placed the women of Ennore in deep distress. What are their demands?

ennore thermal plant
Environment

Lockdown relaxed, NO2 pollution up: Here’s what it means for every Chennaiite

July 22, 2021 Rituparna Palit

NO2 pollution, continued exposure to which can cause severe health hazards, has seen a 94% spike since April 2020. The city urgently needs long term solutions.

Citizens protest against pollution of ennore creek
Environment

Ennore backwaters an “environmental crime scene” as fly ash dumping and encroachment continue

July 21, 2021 Laasya Shekhar

More than 1000 acres of the backwaters are heavily contaminated with fly ash from the leaking pipelines of TANGEDCO. Government promises and court orders have all come to nought.

air pollution from a thermal power plant
Environment

Chennai air quality: City sees 94% spike in NO2 pollution

July 9, 2021 News Desk

There has been a stark difference in pollution levels in Chennai, during the lockdown and post lockdown. A Greenpeace report points to the spike in NO2 levels in the city air.

Governance

What do the people of Chennai want from the new government?

May 20, 2021 Laasya Shekhar

Health, environment, education and transport are the key areas in which Chennaiites want to see improvements through government intervention. Details of their wishlist

Environment

Ennore power plants violate emission norms, pose serious health risks: Study

May 11, 2021 News Desk

COVID is just the tip of an iceberg. Unless issues such as these are addressed, there will be more disease outbreaks in the future, says one of the authors.

air pollution from a thermal power plant
Environment

These six industries in North Chennai are polluting the air for more than half the year

November 11, 2020 News Desk

North Chennai residents demand an indefinite moratorium on setting up or expansion of industries in the Manali to Pulicat region.

Civic

‘Smart’ T Nagar among top five polluted neighbourhoods in Chennai: Report

November 11, 2019 News Desk

The spike in pollution levels has been drawing public attention in Chennai over the last one week. But a study from Health Energy Initiative and Doctors for Clean Air-Tamil Nadu shows that poor air quality in the city is neither an isolated nor a seasonal incident.

Environment

Pollution red alert: Chennai’s Delhi moment is almost here

November 8, 2019 Mahesh V

Are you aware that on the afternoon of Nov 7th, the Air Quality Index (AQI) level in Velachery stood at 271, only marginally better than Delhi’s (282) at the same time? Both data from monitors and snapshots from different areas in the city show why we need urgent action on air pollution.

Environment

How industrialisation has rung the death knell for Ennore’s ecology

October 29, 2019 Laasya Shekhar

Environmental degradation at Ennore due to industrialisation has resulted in the loss of livelihood for many fishermen. How was this locality twenty years ago? We spoke to several local residents as they take a trip down memory lane.

Civic

தீபாவளி வெடிச்சத்தத்தால் அவதிக்குள்ளானால் என்ன செய்ய வேண்டும்

October 26, 2019 Laasya Shekhar

A handy guide in Tamil on what you can do if the increased decibel levels cause inconvenience this Deepavali!

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