This happens when the pollution level in the river is so high that all the oxygen in the water is depleted. The fresh water flowing through the Adyar and Cooum rivers are blocked upstream of the ...

A recent talk by him about the Adyar river and the history attached to it was quite informative. For many of us today, the Adyar river only brings to mind images of the swollen, angry river it was ...

The source added that the tracking system’s cost could be borne out of the annual budgetary allocation (around Rs5 crore) given to the vector control ... now working in Adyar river near Kotturpuram.

Several thousand crores of rupees have, in the last 15 years, been put into these river projects, which includes the Adyar. How this money has translated into environmental success benefitting the ...

After a year long research by historian-cum-novelist, Venkatesh and a few other enthusiasts, here are some of hitherto unknown facts and historical nuggets of the Adyar River. CHENNAI ...

Work to desilt a two-km stretch of Adyar river, close to its mouth, is expected to be completed by February. Instead of building a training wall, silt would be cleared during peak summer from the ...

Residents of the city’s southern suburbs are urging local authorities and the public works department (PWD) to take action against encroachers on the Adyar river. With a number of encroachments ...