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EnvironmentE
🏙️ Blue-green infrastructure
To mitigate the effects of climate change, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) will integrate blue-green infrastructure in the Third Master Plan.
🚮 Waste piling up
Over a third of bulk waste generators have failed to process their own waste.
🌸 Spring in a film
A new video capturing the Tabebuia flowering trees has enraptured netizens.
⚛️ Energy research partnerships
The IISc and PFC have partnered to advance research in green energy and net zero technologies.
🥥 A coconut shell crisis
The city’s lone processing plant is inadequate in ridding the problem of coconut litter.