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Residents, activists and NGOs, including Arappor Iyakkam and Poovulagin Nanbargal, petitioned Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to shelve its proposed waste-to-energy incineration facility at Kodungaiyur, citing health and pollution risks. In their plea to GCC...
Over 20 organisations and residents of north Chennai cite ecological concerns and health risks After the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) submitted a proposal to set-up the waste-energy incinerators at Kodungaiyur dumping ground, over 20...
சென்னை,கொடுங்கையூரில் நிறுவப்பட உள்ள, குப்பை எரித்து மின்சாரம் தயாரிக்கும் எரிவுலை திட்டத்தை கைவிடக்கோரி, எரிவுலையற்ற சென்னைக்கான கூட்டமைப்பினர், மாநகராட்சி கமிஷனரிடம் நேற்று மனு அளித்தனர். பின், கூட்டமைப்பின் நிர்வாகிகள் ஜியே டாமின், விஸ்வஜா உள்ளிட்டோர் அளித்த பேட்டி: சென்னை மாநகராட்சி ஒவ்வொரு நாளும், 21 லட்சம் கிலோ...
சென்னை கொடுங்கையூரில் நிறுவ திட்டமிடப்பட்டுள்ள குப்பையை எரித்து மின்சாரம் தயாரிக்கும் எரிவுலை திட்டத்தை உடனடியாக கைவிடக்கோரி, எரிவுலையற்ற சென்னைக்கான கூட்டமைப்பு சார்பில் சென்னை மாநகராட்சி ஆணையர் ஜெ.குமரகுருபரனிடம் நேற்று மனு அளிக்கப்பட்டது. பின்னர் கூட்டமைப்பின் நிர்வாகிகள் ஜியோ டாமின், விஸ்வஜா உள்ளிட்டோர் செய்தியாளர்களிடம் கூறியதாவது: நகராட்சி திடக்கழிவுகளைக்...
Concerns have resurfaced over Tangedco’s Ennore Thermal Power Station (ETPS) expansion project, as the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) is set to hold a public hearing on December 20. Locals and environmentalists are...
Taking health into consideration, is garbage incineration the way forward to tackle waste? A recent investigative report by the New York Times on Delhi’s Waste-To-Energy (WTE) incinerators, analysed 150 air and soil samples gathered over a five-year period,...
Greater Chennai Corporation’s tender for the Waste-To-Energy plant is at the final stage; Here is what we know about the bidders. 17,422 metric tonnes per day — that’s the staggering amount of trash the...
Residents of North Chennai, communities, and civil society organizations have filed complaints with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) demanding the scrapping of the proposed incinerator plant in Kodungaiyur due to increased health...
The heat produced during the burning process converts water into steam, which turns the blades of the turbine generators to produce electricity. In Chennai, where segregation at source has not been successful, managing solid...
The proposed WTE incinerator will produce one of the costliest forms of electricity in the country with a capital expenditure of about Rs. 33 crore per MW and power production at about 7 rupees...
The waste-to-energy plant is facing intense opposition due to concern over its potential health and environmental risks Residents of north Chennai, along with civil society organisations, on Tuesday filed a formal complaint with the...
Waste-to-energy (WTE) plants, which are touted as the ‘magic solution’ to solve the solid waste management crisis in the city, are not all that safe for environment and public health, say activists from some...
Chennai generates about 6,000 metric tonnes of garbage every day. As the city’s population continues to grow, waste generation is expected to increase even more.
It is more than a year since solid waste management work was massively privatized in Chennai. In October 2020 the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) signed papers with Urbaser Sumeet, a joint venture between Spain-headquartered...