Kodungaiyur | Citizen Matters, Chennai

Chennai Buzz: PPE kits dumped | New police chief for Chennai | Multi-level parking project updates…and more

July 4, 2020 News Desk

Latest updates on the COVID front in the city and news of other developments during the week that passed

Chennai buzz: Grieving for Kalaignar, CCTV surveillance plans, new safety feature in buses

August 14, 2018 News Desk

Catch the most important headlines from your city over the week gone by in this round-up.

Chennai Buzz : Worry over monsoon readiness, first future-ready street, cyber crime and more!

June 11, 2018 Sandhya Raju

A round up of some civic headlines from the week that went by

Sewage: எங்கே செல்கிறது உங்களின் கழிவு?

December 14, 2017 Sandhya Raju

A few days ago, scores of dead fish washed up on the beaches of Adyar. Contamination of sea water with untreated sewage was the primary reason for this, but how does this happen?

Waste segregation: The challenge Chennai must overcome

November 10, 2017 Seetha Gopalakrishnan

Inefficient solid waste management results in piles of garbage that aggravate urban flooding in cities like Chennai. While most citizens blame civic authorities for the lapse, are they doing their bit?

The lives of Chennai’s unsung, invisible environmentalists

August 3, 2017 Elloise Neale

A visit to the Kodungaiyur waste yard by author and researcher Elloise Neale brings out the rude realities of the day-to-day life of those who are responsible for recycling 20% of the waste that enters the site.

Garbage woes a constant reminder of Cyclone Vardah for Chennai

January 11, 2017 Bhavani Prabhakar

Close to a month since tropical cyclone Vardah threw Chennai off its rails, the city administration still appears to be grappling with the management of the mammoth quantities of waste that it generated.