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Pollution Monitoring, Water, Air, Surface Pollution Monitor: Founded: 1982: ... Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is the governing body to monitor and control air, ...
The 2017 Ennore oil spill was an oil spill that occurred outside the Kamarajar Port in Ernavoor, Tamil Nadu, India, on 28 January 2017. The spill occurred when the outbound empty LPG tanker M. T. BW Maple collided with the inbound fully loaded oil tanker M.T. Dawn Kanchipuram around 04:00 local time.
Data of the Central Pollution Control Board proves that the air in Ennore is unhealthy to breathe. [9] A huge threat to the environment in Athipattu Pudunagar and Ennore is the illegal dumping of fly ash by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO), which is running the North Chennai Thermal Power Plant.
Air pollution in India is a serious issue, with the major sources being biomass burning, fuel adulteration, vehicle emission, and traffic congestion. Air pollution is also the main cause of the Asian brown cloud, which has been causing the monsoon season to be delayed. India is the world's largest consumer of fuelwood, agricultural waste, and ...
The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India, annually publish National City Rating under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme. The rating includes around 500 cities, covering 72 percent of the urban population in India.
Air Pollution is the major environmental challenge faced by Thoothukudi while water and noise pollution are environmental issues too. Thoothukudi is the only city from the state of Tamil Nadu to be listed as one of the Non-attainment cities by Ministry of Environment primarily on the basis of excess PM10 under the National Ambient Air Quality ...
Pollution has been a major concern in Tiruchirappalli. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has set up five stations in the city to check the quality of air. [190] As of 2012, about 432 tonnes (432,000 kg) of solid waste are produced in the city every day. [191]
The Coastal Resource Centre wants the Tamil Nadu government to take immediate action to improve the air quality in Ennore. "The government needs to impose a moratorium on all industrial activities till the environment is restored, initiate long-term and continuous monitoring in Ennore region," said Nityanand Jayaraman, an environment activist.