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M.Yuvan retweeted
So I went through the #MamallanReservoir project’s environmental impact assessment (EIA) to understand if there was merit in these allegations. Here is what hydrologists and fishermen had to say:
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M.Yuvan retweeted
Tens of thousands of migratory birds and 20,000 fisherfolk are dependent on Kovalam-Nemmeli coastal wetlands. There's nothing scientific about making a freshwater reservoir right by the sea, when the city's other lakes are gathering silt. @CMOTamilnadu #ScrapMamallanreservoir
M.Yuvan retweeted
Definitely the most talked environment issue in #Chennai in 4 months. Articles, Sunday beach marches, open mics,protests, releasing a regional wildlife book, roping in scientists, hydrologists and fishermen. Today, the people have started up a storm.
#ScrapMamallanReservoir
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The only way Mamallan Reservoir will bring water to OMR is by aggravating flood risk.
@CMOTamilNadu save our natural flood buffers
#ScrapMamallanReservoir
M.Yuvan retweeted
Two school students explain why the Mamallan reservoir project in Chennai's Kovalam backwaters is a disastrous idea. It destroys thousands of livelihoods, a migratory bird habitat and increases flood risk for the city. @CMOTamilnadu #ScrapMamallanReservoir
Two school students explain why the Mamallan reservoir project in Chennai's Kovalam backwaters is a disastrous idea. It destroys thousands of livelihoods, a migratory bird habitat and increases flood risk for the city. @CMOTamilnadu #ScrapMamallanReservoir
Tens of thousands of migratory birds and 20,000 fisherfolk are dependent on Kovalam-Nemmeli coastal wetlands. There's nothing scientific about making a freshwater reservoir right by the sea, when the city's other lakes are gathering silt. @CMOTamilnadu #ScrapMamallanreservoir
M.Yuvan retweeted
@CMOTamilnadu a large number of reputed scientists have warned that the Mamallan reservoir is a disaster in the making.
Destroying Kovalam-Nemmeli backwaters will drown a large part of South Chennai during monsoons. Please listen to science and #ScrapMamallanReservoir
M.Yuvan retweeted
Chennai's IT parks are building AI data-centers needing 20 bn ltrs of water pa. So Kovalam-Nemmeli estuary is being converted into a reservoir - destroying thousands of fisher livelihoods, a migratory bird hotspot, and crucial flood buffer.@CMOTamilnadu #ScrapMamallanreservoir
Chennai's IT parks are building AI data-centers needing 20 bn ltrs of water pa. So Kovalam-Nemmeli estuary is being converted into a reservoir - destroying thousands of fisher livelihoods, a migratory bird hotspot, and crucial flood buffer.@CMOTamilnadu #ScrapMamallanreservoir
M.Yuvan retweeted
#Breaking The Delhi High Court admits our Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding functionality/constitution of the Standing Committee of National Board of Wildlife. Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya & Justice Tejas Karia issued notice, seeking Central govt response regarding non-compliance of #Wildlife Protection Act in its constitution.
#PrakritiSrivastava & others vs Union of India WP 8896/ 2026
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The proposed #Sijimali bauxite mine in #Odisha threatens one of eastern #India's ecologically rich #forest landscapes, critical #wildlife habitats, perennial streams & the rights and livelihoods of #Adivasi communities.
#PrakritiSrivastava & I write to the @MohanMOdisha , @CMO_Odisha @SecyChief DG & Special Secretary (Forests) @moefcc 1/11
A thread. 🧵
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Two school students explain why the Mamallan reservoir project in Chennai's Kovalam backwaters is a disastrous idea. It destroys thousands of livelihoods, migratory bird habitat and increases flood risk for the city.
@CMOTamilnadu @actorvijay @thirumaofficial
Two school students explain why the Mamallan reservoir project in Chennai's Kovalam backwaters is a disastrous idea. It destroys thousands of livelihoods, migratory bird habitat and increases flood risk for the city.
@CMOTamilnadu @actorvijay @thirumaofficial
M.Yuvan retweeted
#EXCLUSIVE: "Israeli soldiers said it was 'like a game'—sitting remotely and killing children."
In a searing interview, Justice S. Muralidhar, Chairperson of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, discusses findings that allege the deliberate targeting of Palestinian children by Israel through bombings, sniper fire, and drones.
"We had to create a category: Wounded Child With No Surviving Family", he told India Today Global.
@AneeshaMathur
Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/2HBX_rSpS4o?si=EEYS…
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN #IndiaTodayGlobal
The Adyar river's estuary is a paint-green algal-bloom right now. Birdless where flocks of hundreds sat just weeks ago. The colour shows the sheer quantum of sewage flowing in, concentrated by summer heat and sand blockage.
@supriyasahuias @chennaicorp
M.Yuvan retweeted
Huge congratulations to our author Yuvan Aves 🌿
Intertidal has been awarded Highly Commended in the prestigious Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.
#BloomsburyIndia #WainwrightPrize2025
#NatureWriting
@Yuvan_aves
M.Yuvan retweeted
Intertidal by Yuvan Aves chronicles marshes turning into concrete, flood plains & habitats being lost, writes Mandira Nayar in The Tribune @thetribunechd #SpectrumTheTribune #Variety
@mandira_nayar
@BloomsburyIndia
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1/n The @AdaniOnline ‘Great land Grab’ in Chandrapur Maharashtra. Investigation for @frontline with @ameytirodkar
Thanks @frontline_india & @vaishnaroy
#AdaniLandGrab #Maharashtra #Adani
