April 7, 2020
As part of Chennai Corporation’s new plan to contain the spread of Coronavirus, civic workers have started a door-to-door survey in Mylapore. The survey is carried out to identify persons with symptoms of COVID-19. Says Chennai Corporation’s zonal health officer […]
April 7, 2020
On Sunday night (April 5), in accordance with the request of the prime minister Narendra Modi, several households in the Mylapore area switched off their lights and lit lamps and candles. There was not much of a difference says local […]
April 5, 2020
Chennai Corporation is offering counselling services to people who might feel anxious or stressful in this lockdown period. Says a Corporation worker, ” Professional counsellors will offer counselling in Tamizh, English and Hindi.” People who may need this service may […]
April 4, 2020
A metro water official says that there will be no change in the supply of water for residents in the Mylapore area this summer. The area engineer of Zone 9 says, “We are currently supplying 650 mld (million litres per […]
April 2, 2020
A metro water official of Zone 13 which covers Ward 173 (parts of Mandaveli and R. A. Puram) says that the current supply will be maintained all through summer. He says, “We are currently supplying 650 mld (million litres a […]
April 1, 2020
Amidst the lockdown, a small group of social workers are working day in and day out so that homeless people sheltered across the neighbourhood get food and other essentials. Most of them are from NGOs like Don Bosco Anbu Illam, […]
April 1, 2020
In an effort to decongest the market at Bazaar Road, Chennai Corporation has shifted roadside vendors of Bazaar Road to Kutchery Road. The vendors are now selling veggies/ fruits at the pavement off Kutchery Road. Markings are made in front […]
March 31, 2020
To ensure social distancing at public places, Chennai Corporation has planned to shift roadside shops on Bazaar Road to Kutchery Road. Most of the roadside vendors on this road sell vegetables, flowers, betel leaves and nuts on their tables. As […]
March 30, 2020
Since the lockdown, Chennai Corporation has been rescuing homeless people from across the city and housing them at its shelters. In Mylapore, some 120 of them are sheltered at Corporation’s community hall at Karaneeswarar Pagoda Street. Though the team along […]
March 28, 2020
In the absence of a meter assessment this month, TANGEDCO’s customers, both residential and commercial, will now be able to pay the same amount as paid in the previous billing cycle. An EB official in the Mylapore area says, “The […]
March 23, 2020
Chennai Corporation has rescued around 120 homeless persons in Mylapore and accommodated them at its shelter on Market Street, Mandaveli. People who were stranded due to cancelled bus and train services from across the city have also been provided shelter […]
