Cooum River

The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 2 crore on the Tamil Nadu government over the inordinate delay in removal of the encroachments along and prevention of pollution of Adyar and Cooum rivers in Chennai.

Chennai has witnessed little rain this morning, but the water level in many of its residential areas is steadily increasing, owing to the excess water released from the dam at Chembarambakkam.

With rivers in and around Chennai - Adyar and Cooum - flowing at danger levels, the city's drainage system has stopped working, Chennai Corporation Commissioner Vikram Kapur told NDTV.

It is Madras Day today and the city of Chennai is 375. As a modern city it is 50 years older than Kolkata and 35 years older than Mumbai.

A 150 kg, eight- foot- long dolphin and three baby dolphins stuck in the Cooum river mouth were rescued by the Coast Guard on Wednesday. The dolphins had got stuck in the shallow patch about 200 metres from the river mouth and were struggling to get into the water, a Coast Guard press release said. Noticing some 'unusual' sounds from the area, Co...

It's a river that's seen as the curse of Chennai running right across the city. Now the DMK'S rising son M K Stalin is determined to clean up the River Cooum and transform it into a beautiful waterway.

The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 2 crore on the Tamil Nadu government over the inordinate delay in removal of the encroachments along and prevention of pollution of Adyar and Cooum rivers in Chennai.

Chennai has witnessed little rain this morning, but the water level in many of its residential areas is steadily increasing, owing to the excess water released from the dam at Chembarambakkam.

With rivers in and around Chennai - Adyar and Cooum - flowing at danger levels, the city's drainage system has stopped working, Chennai Corporation Commissioner Vikram Kapur told NDTV.

It is Madras Day today and the city of Chennai is 375. As a modern city it is 50 years older than Kolkata and 35 years older than Mumbai.

A 150 kg, eight- foot- long dolphin and three baby dolphins stuck in the Cooum river mouth were rescued by the Coast Guard on Wednesday. The dolphins had got stuck in the shallow patch about 200 metres from the river mouth and were struggling to get into the water, a Coast Guard press release said. Noticing some 'unusual' sounds from the area, Co...

It's a river that's seen as the curse of Chennai running right across the city. Now the DMK'S rising son M K Stalin is determined to clean up the River Cooum and transform it into a beautiful waterway.