
TNPCB donates ₹20 cr. to CMPRF
The Hindu
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has donated ₹20 crore to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund. Minister for Environment-Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Development Siva V. Meyyan
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has donated ₹20 crore to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund. Minister for Environment-Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Development Siva V. Meyyanathan gave the amount to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Secretariat. Employees of the State Transport Department donated over ₹14.46 crore. They had earlier announced that they would contribute their one day’s salary to the relief fund. Transport Minister S.R. Rajakannappan presented the cheque to Mr. Stalin. The Southern Railway Mazdoor Union contributed ₹1.70 crore to CMPRF. On behalf of about 80,000 employees of the Southern Railway, SRMU general secretary N. Kanniah, accompanied by Hind Mazdoor Sabha president C.A. Rajasridhar presented the cheque to the Chief Minister. The money was raised from the union members to aid the State government’s fight against COVID-19, Dr. Kanniah said.
On November 30, a team of officials from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Water Resources Department (WRD) and Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) conducted a joint inspection of a rainwater vent below the Chennai Bypass Road in Thiruneermalai. This marks the second time NHAI and WRD have carried out an inspection following a request being made by residents. They want NHAI to widen the vent located below the Bypass Road to facilitate rainwater drainage from ‘Nattukalvai’. The office bearers of the Federation of Welfare Associations accompanied the officials.












