Preserving wetlands is crucial for Chennai to stay above water during rains and cyclones

As the city went through another major flooding in November, the importance of its last remaining natural freshwater marsh has come to the fore once again.

Nina Varghese

· Jan 02, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Another battle looms as environmentalists fight to protect the Nilgiris

Activists are against the Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to construct a hydroelectric project in Kundah taluk.

Nina Varghese

· Jul 26, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Years of collective effort pay off as Chennai’s Adyar river comes back to life

The river was being used as a dumping site for building debris and municipal as well as industrial waste for the past three decades.

Nina Varghese

· Aug 26, 2020 · 07:30 pm

In crisis-hit Chennai, the municipal body is trying to revive 210 lakes and rivers

Work on 71 has already been completed.

Nina Varghese

· Dec 13, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Over 42 days and 41 nights, Coonoor set an example for the rest of India by cleaning up its river

Once lush and wide, encroachments and rampant dumping had turned the river into a sewer.

Nina Varghese

· Oct 07, 2019 · 01:30 pm