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Hearing in TNSIC – Rough to applicants and the RTI Act and lenient to PIOs

Jan

9

2015

RTI follow up on Adyar, Cooum River restoration project: We filed a Second appeal against against Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on July 16, 2014. Background Information On February 5, 2013, S. Alexraj filed a complaint to prevent untreated sewage dumped into rivers through unlawful outlets. However, we noticed no action was taken. On July 22, ...

Restoration of Adyar and Cooum Rivers Part 2 1

Feb

16

2013

8 RTI Applications have been filed in the month of February to the following Departments, soughting information regarding the authorities responsible for maintenance of the rivers, authorities responsible to take care of each and every problems faced by the rivers, budget allocated for the river maintenance, their plan with the river and many more. The ...

Restoration of Adyar and Cooum Rivers Part 1 2

Feb

15

2013

240 Photos were snapped in the month of January along the stretches of Adyar and Cooum rivers. 154 photos in Adyar river and 86 in Cooum river. All photos are geo-tagged in order to identify their latitude and longitude. Each and every photo shows some clear violation of rules, varying from Untreated Sewage Effluent flowing ...

Restoration of Adyar and Cooum Rivers – Main 21

Feb

10

2013

Adyar and Cooum rivers (Chennai, India) were once the symbol of our glory and the backbone of our waterways, but now they have been turned into a symbol of disgrace with exceeding amount of untreated toxic sewage and human waste getting stagnated in river and causing mosquito menace, which leads to spread of vector borne ...

Road Vehicle Pollution, Signal Violations 1

Jan

10

2013

An RTI has been sent to Chennai Traffic Police to enquire on Vehicular Pollution, Sign Board and the status of various complaints (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) made on Chennai Traffic Police Facebook Fan Page on Jan, 2013 Thought the authorities were reluctant to give the answers initially, they replied back after applying First ...