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Day After Diwali, Air Quality In Chennai Drops To "Very Poor"
The Air Quality Index (AQI) observations, beginning on Deepavali day and ending the following day morning, indicated that the air quality status in Chennai is very poor.
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"Nose Getting Blocked": Severe Pollution In Chennai After Bogi Festival
Severe air pollution and smog have hit Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai, where people on Monday observed the Bogi tradition in which old or discarded materials are burnt.
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$800 Million Firecracker Industry In Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi Hit By Anti-Pollution Drive
With thousands of workers painstakingly handmaking vast volumes of firecrackers, Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu is usually at full tilt before Diwali. But due to efforts to curb air pollution, the pyrotechnics epicentre is fizzling out.
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Pollution Dips In Tamil Nadu Day After Diwali; Over 1,000 Cases Filed
Air pollution levels dipped across Tamil Nadu on Diwali, the state pollution control board said Wednesday, a day after the festival was celebrated in the state for the first time after the Supreme Court order on the two hour window for bursting crackers came into force.
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Thousands Protest In Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin Against Sterlite Copper Plant
Around 15,000 people gathered for a protest meeting on Saturday night demanding the closure of a copper smelting plant in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu. Alleging pollution of air, water and soil, the protesters say the plant should not be allowed to expand its operations.
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Alarming Rise In Chennai's Air Pollution Levels On Diwali Night
Air pollution was at an alarming high in Chennai on Diwali night on Thursday, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board authorities say as a cloud of smog descended over the city reducing visibility.
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Smoke From Garbage Dump Yard Chokes Coimbatore Residents
Thick smoke emanating from a garbage dump yard on the city outskrits, after a fire broke out there, caused severe breathing problems to people living in the vicinity, for some two hours today, police said.
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Tamil Nadu's 'Green Candidate' Carries Solar Panel For His Campaigns
With no noise or air pollution in his campaign, Viyanarasu is perhaps the only eco-friendly electoral candidate in poll bound Tamil Nadu. The social worker and activist-turned-politician carries a solar panel installed on his moped to power his mic and speaker. Often he is on his foot while meeting voters.
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Chennai's Air Pollution at Record High, Worse Than Delhi
Air pollution levels in Chennai have reached a record high with the suspended particulate matter in many pockets of the city at 45 per cent above the permissible limit, according to data analysed by The Hindu. So high are the pollution levels that Chennai has crossed Delhi, widely regarded as the most polluted city in the country, and one of the mo...
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Supreme Court fines Sterlite Industries Rs 100 crore for pollution
The court told Sterlite Industries, a unit of London-listed Vedanta Resources, to pay Rs 100 crore over five years for air pollution from its copper plant -- India's biggest -- in Tamil Nadu state's port city of Tuticorin.
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Garbage from Puzhal prison, a nighmare for residents
A Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court for a direction to the Superintendent of Puzhal Central Prison, on the outskirts of the city, not to dispose of human waste and sewage from jail in a manner, it would pollute the air and water in the area.
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Every breath you take near Kodungaiyur may be toxic: Report
If you live in the vicinity of Chennai's largest garbage dump at Kodungaiyur, every breath you take, may have 19 toxic chemicals! Environmentalists say the polluted air could target the respiratory and central nervous system. What's worse, the noxious fumes contain Butadiene, Chloromethane and Benzene, known to be carcinogenic and between 8.5 to 50...
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Every breath you take near Kodungaiyur
If you live in the vicinity of Chennai's largest garbage dump at Kodungaiyur, every breath you take, may have 19 toxic chemicals! Environmentalists say the polluted air could target the respiratory and central nervous system.
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Day After Diwali, Air Quality In Chennai Drops To "Very Poor"
The Air Quality Index (AQI) observations, beginning on Deepavali day and ending the following day morning, indicated that the air quality status in Chennai is very poor.
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"Nose Getting Blocked": Severe Pollution In Chennai After Bogi Festival
Severe air pollution and smog have hit Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai, where people on Monday observed the Bogi tradition in which old or discarded materials are burnt.
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$800 Million Firecracker Industry In Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi Hit By Anti-Pollution Drive
With thousands of workers painstakingly handmaking vast volumes of firecrackers, Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu is usually at full tilt before Diwali. But due to efforts to curb air pollution, the pyrotechnics epicentre is fizzling out.
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Pollution Dips In Tamil Nadu Day After Diwali; Over 1,000 Cases Filed
Air pollution levels dipped across Tamil Nadu on Diwali, the state pollution control board said Wednesday, a day after the festival was celebrated in the state for the first time after the Supreme Court order on the two hour window for bursting crackers came into force.
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Thousands Protest In Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin Against Sterlite Copper Plant
Around 15,000 people gathered for a protest meeting on Saturday night demanding the closure of a copper smelting plant in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu. Alleging pollution of air, water and soil, the protesters say the plant should not be allowed to expand its operations.
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Alarming Rise In Chennai's Air Pollution Levels On Diwali Night
Air pollution was at an alarming high in Chennai on Diwali night on Thursday, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board authorities say as a cloud of smog descended over the city reducing visibility.
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Smoke From Garbage Dump Yard Chokes Coimbatore Residents
Thick smoke emanating from a garbage dump yard on the city outskrits, after a fire broke out there, caused severe breathing problems to people living in the vicinity, for some two hours today, police said.
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Tamil Nadu's 'Green Candidate' Carries Solar Panel For His Campaigns
With no noise or air pollution in his campaign, Viyanarasu is perhaps the only eco-friendly electoral candidate in poll bound Tamil Nadu. The social worker and activist-turned-politician carries a solar panel installed on his moped to power his mic and speaker. Often he is on his foot while meeting voters.
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Chennai's Air Pollution at Record High, Worse Than Delhi
Air pollution levels in Chennai have reached a record high with the suspended particulate matter in many pockets of the city at 45 per cent above the permissible limit, according to data analysed by The Hindu. So high are the pollution levels that Chennai has crossed Delhi, widely regarded as the most polluted city in the country, and one of the mo...
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Supreme Court fines Sterlite Industries Rs 100 crore for pollution
The court told Sterlite Industries, a unit of London-listed Vedanta Resources, to pay Rs 100 crore over five years for air pollution from its copper plant -- India's biggest -- in Tamil Nadu state's port city of Tuticorin.
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Garbage from Puzhal prison, a nighmare for residents
A Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court for a direction to the Superintendent of Puzhal Central Prison, on the outskirts of the city, not to dispose of human waste and sewage from jail in a manner, it would pollute the air and water in the area.
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Every breath you take near Kodungaiyur may be toxic: Report
If you live in the vicinity of Chennai's largest garbage dump at Kodungaiyur, every breath you take, may have 19 toxic chemicals! Environmentalists say the polluted air could target the respiratory and central nervous system. What's worse, the noxious fumes contain Butadiene, Chloromethane and Benzene, known to be carcinogenic and between 8.5 to 50...
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Every breath you take near Kodungaiyur
If you live in the vicinity of Chennai's largest garbage dump at Kodungaiyur, every breath you take, may have 19 toxic chemicals! Environmentalists say the polluted air could target the respiratory and central nervous system.
