Topic started by Sankar (@ 202.68.143.26) on Thu Nov 22 04:57:45 .
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Hello , I am at a loss to understand what are the measures taken by the Government to arrest the pollution levels at Chennai - be it noise pollution or air pollution etc..

Every Day, when I drive to my office, my ear drums are getting ruptured with the splitting noise from the tampered silencers of autorickshaws.. the more speed they go, the more the noise is... Who is going to do something to stop this.

The water we drink ( despite all possible filtering and boiling) is impure and unsafe...

The exhaust pipes of many vehicles , especially Government buses, autorichshaws and two Wheelers is emitting deadly fumes which makes us feel sick when u stand in a traffic signal..I pity the policemen on duty at these places...I do not find any enforcement action on the controls introduced by Government on Emission test for vehicles every six months..

For any political party or festival or marriages, the Loudspeakers go in full volume without any time limit or decibal levels..

Timing for firing Crackers is ok but what about political parties bursting crackers in the midnight welcoming their leaders to dias for a speech ?

HOW DO WE FIGHT THIS OUT ?
Why nothing is done about these issues..

Share your views...

Responses:

• From: MEERA JAGADHISH (@ ) on: Mon Jan 7 23:00:45
  
  Dear Sir,
  Marina is the pride of Chennaites but look at the plight in which it is, Would you like to put you leg in it , if you know that not far from there , the cooum is getting mixed up into it, suggestion are welcome to mitigate this menance, since we are in a process to seeking judicial intervention in this, so kindly mail me your suggestions and share you information with me.
  
  
• From: Pradheep Chhalliyil (@ ns1.genetic-id.com) on: Fri Jan 11 11:16:11
  
  Thanks for writing that is useful for the public.
  
  Media is the best tool. Unfortunately we show only everythign about movies and movie stars. Infact movie stars also could be a tool. You can do anything for pollution only if you have public support. First educate them. Collecxt stuides showing that how pollution damages our health. Example, lung samples of chennai people shows black tary substances which are inhaled due to polluted air. Studies should bedone to test different poisonous compounds found in drinking water. This data should be shown in the public on TV (help with popular faces?). This would work. But we guys have to do that otherwise we all would suffer.
  
  
• From: Pradheep Chhalliyil (@ ns1.genetic-id.com) on: Fri Jan 11 11:17:13
  
  Dear sankar and meera, thanks for writing this issue which is useful for the public.
  
  Media is the best tool. Unfortunately we show only everythign about movies and movie stars. Infact movie stars also could be a tool. You can do anything for pollution only if you have public support. First educate them. Collecxt stuides showing that how pollution damages our health. Example, lung samples of chennai people shows black tary substances which are inhaled due to polluted air. Studies should bedone to test different poisonous compounds found in drinking water. This data should be shown in the public on TV (help with popular faces?). This would work. But we guys have to do that otherwise we all would suffer. Tell me if you guys can do anything that i suggested and I will also help.
  
  
• From: Mahesh (@ ) on: Sun Oct 13 00:55:11
  
  Dear Shankar,
  We as educated citizens of the city should at first try to do the least we can like i) Shut off our vehicles at signals and traffic jams ii) don't litter here and there iii) Use urinals iv) keep our own surroundings clean and other small things.
  If we can convince our friends also to follow these simple guidelines slowly but surely we will be able to make not only Chennai but India a better place to live in.
  We as individuals should atleast do this.
  
  
• From: narendrakumar.d (@ ) on: Thu Nov 6 07:15:44
  
  sir
  iam narendrakumar.d from north chennai our chennai corporation have implemented a rule for not burining tyres and rubbers in the city, but still now the peoples from electricity board and the telephone department are burning the tyre and rubber in huge manner for their work.because of that more smoke is coming and creating lots of dense pollution and small children are getting deseas because of that so please take nessasary steps regarding this matter
  
  
• From: narendrakumar.d (@ ) on: Thu Nov 6 07:16:50
  
  sir
  iam narendrakumar.d from north chennai our chennai corporation have implemented a rule for not burining tyres and rubbers in the city, but still now the peoples from electricity board and the telephone department are burning the tyre and rubber in huge manner for their work.because of that more smoke is coming and creating lots of dense pollution and small children are getting deseas because of that so please take nessasary steps regarding this matter
  
  
• From: narendrakumar.d (@ 210.210.35.117) on: Sat Nov 8 14:42:27 EST 2003
  
  sir we are staying in north chennai in our area we are not getting drainga water instead of drinking water in the corporation water supply line so please kindly do us the need full for us . by d.narendrakumar
  
  
• From: Mathivanan (@ 213.218.53.188) on: Wed Nov 12 23:47:42 EST 2003
  
  Dear All,
  
  I am Mathivanan, Software Engineer from chennai.
  I do agree with your comments and i can see the fire (obviously!! pollution less) among you.
  
  This vechicular pollution, particularly due to the government vehicles like transport buses can be stopped only by than depending on the authorities and the media. Media is doing their best but it is not being heard by the authorities, even though they know what they are doing is similar to culpable homicide. For example
  I am watching a transport bus regn. no. tn 01 n 1678 in th route 88 for the past one week, it is emitting black smoke, even one cant move in its vicinity.
  We should form a registered forum and block those buses and make those authorities to stand in front of the nozzle and for atleast five minutes.
  
  only then we could solve these issues
  
  regards
  Mathi
  
  
• From: V.Suriyanarayanan (@ ppp-219.65.105.173.chn.vsnl.net.in) on: Sun Jun 13 05:10:39
  
  DEAR SIR,
  IN chennai all type of pollutions exist.AIR pollution is caused by smoke emitted by vehicles and auto rikshaws,whereas noise pollution is caused by the inaudible sounds of autos horns of buses and loud speakers etc.water pollution is caused by the mixing of industrial wastes in water.Land and soil pollution are caused by the huge amounts of industrial wastes that are being dumped in the outskirts of our city.the government should really look into these problems of pollution in order to make Chennai "singara Chennai".Please share your views with me.
  by
  V.SURIYANARAYANAN
  
  
• From: Usha (@ wc09.wlfdle.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com) on: Tue Jun 15 09:55:15 EDT 2004
  
  Hi friends, I would like to share my experince during my stay in Chennai, two years back. I stayed in a guest house in Vadapalani, where there were nice houses were located. Every morning I used to stay in the balcony to enjoy the view. What I noticed was, servants from all houses gathered the waste and pushed on the middle of the road and started to draw the "kolam" in front of the houses. Some one have had despossed the waste from(feater& other)chicken in and out of the waste bin(located on road), and it was spreded all over the road. People spitting on the road is very common. while you walk on the roads, you have to watch the path to escape from the spit. Why they have to spit? But I still love Chennai. These are the human bahaviour that can be changed, if they practice the basic hygienic practices. All depend on human attitude.
  
  
• From: sorya (@ 203.101.36.214) on: Tue Jun 15 17:46:17 EDT 2004
  
  Chennai is also known as open toilet.There are 100,000s people go to Marina beach every week, not even a single public toilet. authorities busy in making money from small sundal sellers and peanut sellers. You have all sort of crimes on beach after dark right from prostitution, pick pocketing , looting.... May be everything part of Tamil cutlure.
  
  
• From: S (@ 210.60.160.252) on: Wed Jun 16 01:39:39 EDT 2004
  
  Another pollutant in Chennai: UKW KUNDAN. If anyone sees this WHALE, contact the ANIMAL department immediatly.
  
  
• From: Usha (@ wc09.wlfdle.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com) on: Wed Jun 16 09:20:16 EDT 2004
  
  You are right Sorya, it is not only Chennai, all over Tamilnadu, the air is polluted by urine, and human dung odour.
  
  
• From: ukw (@ 128.252.181.24) on: Wed Jun 16 15:05:50 EDT 2004
  
  **while you walk on the roads, you have to watch the path to escape from the spit. Why they have to spit?**
  
  May be u look trashy. Too bad they missed u ;-(.
  
  What did you expect? Once they deported *trash like u* to Canada the whole chennai will become a heaven?? huh?? MAY BE SNOWING in the winter in the Chennai?
  
  Just SHUT UP and continue being a refuge. Let all the whites look at u like an brown ANIMAL alien is all dressed up and talks some English with a filthy accent! Never visit Chennai again, idiot! Even if you visit, we dont want to hear about your bullsiht again. It is enough for your lifetime, refuge!
  
  
• From: ukw (@ 128.252.181.24) on: Wed Jun 16 15:40:37 EDT 2004
  
  Sorry, Usha, the term refuge in the abouve post should read as REFUGEE. ;-)
  
  
• From: siva (@ ) on: Thu Jul 1 11:08:21
  
  dear sir, the traffic in places like mount road etc is overwhelming.Ithink air pollution is caused due to growing cities, industralisation.we all should make an effort to curb this problem or else it may lead to disasters
  
  
• From: siva (@ 61.247.254.223) on: Thu Jul 1 11:54:56 EDT 2004
  
  I think it is too late to do anything now.There are no trees.All hell is broken loose.The exhaust from automobiles such as auto is not good we may get diseases such as TB bronchitis asthma.soil pollution is over the limit.there is no water so how could there be water pollution.south CHENNAI IS THE BEst part to live.buses leave black smoke,IHATE TO GO OUT during night time .NGO should kin of look into it.But I do like Chennai chennai should change.Pollution is due to industralisation.ONCE VADAPALANI was the end of chennai now it is besant nagar
  
  
• From: Roshan (@ ) on: Thu Jul 15 08:02:33
  
  Hi,
  
  I am roshan and my new job takes me from bombay to chennai.Can anyone guide me as to how can i find/share a room near guindy.Regarding pollution bombay is no less than chennai.I think we need to start from our backyard then things wd be cleaner on the street.
  You can reach me at roshan_mel@yahoo.com
  
  

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