Experts highlight that inadequate waste management in India results from a lack of infrastructure and community involvement, ...

Urban designer Ganga Dileep is transforming Tamil Nadu’s waste management through innovation and inclusion as the first CEO of Clean Tamil Nadu Company. As Indian cities grow rapidly, so does the ...

CHENNAI: Trade unions representing local bodies, especially those aligned with Left parties, have launched protests across the state opposing the privatisation of waste management. They argue that the ...

Tamil Nadu has deployed AI tools to mitigate human-animal conflicts, notably reducing wild elephant incidents. The state also ...

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 10 (ANI): A detailed review meeting was held on Saturday with all the 15 zones in Chennai City to examine solid waste management, sanitation, and public health ...

Barely 35,600 metric tonnes (MT) or a quarter of the 1.43 lakh MT of garbage generated daily in Indian cities gets processed. The remaining three-quarters of about 1.1 lakh MT are dumped in the open.

MADURAI: The morning air of Nagamalai Pudukottai has been stagnant with smoke and pollutants as rural authorities have resorted to burning waste for the last several years. A regular sight from the ...

CHENNAI: All the urban local bodies in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday conducted a solid waste management awareness session for students of government and local body schools. The students were taught waste ...

Open waste burning near Neyveli's lignite-fired power plant in Tamil Nadu is a bigger contributor to harmful PM2.5 air pollution than coal combustion, a new study has found. The finding points to the ...

Discarded fishing gear is accumulating on Tamil Nadu's coast, highlighting the urgent need for effective recycling ...

As Indian cities grow rapidly, so does the challenge of managing waste. But one woman is working hard to turn things around. Meet Ganga Dileep an architect, urban designer, and now, the first CEO of ...