6,877 EWS flats in Ennore remain unoccupied due to poor air quality. TNHB handed the complex to TNUHDB for allotment to evicted residents. Concerns raised by TNPCB, activists, and residents have led to future stricter rules.
The thermal power plants of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (TANGEDCO) NLC India Ltd and NTPC Ltd are emitting toxic gases over the permissible limits, as per a study by Poovulagin Nanbargal, an environmental .