CHENNAI: The Kanchipuram district administration has issued a flood alert for residents living along the Adyar river basin. This comes as the Chembarambakkam reservoir reached a water level of 23. ...

“It was originally 60 feet wide, but now commences at 40 feet and narrows down to a meagre 3 feet before joining the river,” he explained. Though officials marked the encroachments after the ...

Residents in neighbourhoods along the Adyar ... of the entire river course as part of the eco-restoration project and looking at all aspects of disaster management to prevent flooding.

Levels of faecal coliform in the Adyar River have been found to be more than 10 times the prescribed safe limit, according to a recent report by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).