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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) began a clean air campaign on Thursday as part of the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies festivities. The GCC stated in a post on X, "We are thrilled to share the incredible efforts undertaken by the GCC as part of the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies celebration." Shankar Lal Kumawat, Additional Commissioner (Health), started a rally to demonstrate the commitment to clean air for a better future. The demonstration included a vow for cleaner air and a better environment. Similar awareness campaigns were launched around Chennai According to authorities, the GCC will begin a number of programs to enhance air quality, including an on-street parking management system, non-motorized transportation, and mechanized cleaning of filthy roads and cycling tracks.

Meanwhile, Pasumai Thaayagam president Sowmiya Anbumani met with Corporation Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan and delivered a memorandum emphasizing the necessity to postpone various municipal body projects. It recommended that the GCC's trash incineration projects be halted since they were likely to create air pollution. "The waste-to-energy project will cause cancer, heart disease, breathing difficulties, asthma, and reproductive problems," she claimed, adding, "The waste-to-energy project will cause cancer, heart disease, breathing difficulties, asthma, and reproductive problems." This project will emit 28 times more dioxin, three times more nitrogen dioxide, 14 times more mercury, and six times more sulfur dioxide than thermal power plants." It also stated that the multi-level automobile parking project, which was planned for ten places across the city, should be canceled. "The facilities will cause traffic congestion," she predicted. She also emphasized the importance of improving public transportation in order to reduce traffic congestion.