Chennai Metro: Petrol station brought down on R H Road
Another little landmark on Royapettah High Road is gone. The busy HP petrol station, closer to the flyover that has been partly demolished ( across Dr R K Salai) had …
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Chennai Metro; finally, one section of Jammi Bldgs flyover brought down for rail work
The flyover that connects Royapettah and Mylapore over Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai is now a half-saved block that seems to hang in the air on the Mylapore side. All the spans …
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Chennai Metro; traffic signals installed at busy junction on R. K. Mutt Road
This was a much-needed facility in the face of traffic diversions due to Metro work in the Luz zone. Local zone contractor on this project, L and T Geo Structure …
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Chennai Metro: last section of flyover near Jammi will be demolished
After a gap of one month, CMRL has restarted work on the demolition of the seventh and last span of the flyover that links Mylapore and Royapettah at the Jammi …
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Chennai Metro: cracks appear in many flats in Mandaveli colony
More aches for residents of Raja Street, Mandaveli. More and more buildings are showing cracks, some big. Case – the Copper Chimney apartments on this street where a crack runs …
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Chennai Metro: foam oozing in some blocks in Mandaveli due to grouting work
Foam oozing out of the TANGEDCO power supply meter in an apartment off Raja Street, Mandaveli. Shocked? Residents here are. And they have realised that this is one more of …
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Chennai Metro; the small bridge is going, going . . .
It is taking time to crack and demolish the small old bridge across the Buckingham Canal alongside Thirumylai MRTS railway station. Another little landmark lost to the development of rail …
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Chennai Metro: grouting continues in Mandaveli south zone
Grouting by contractors of Chennai Metro is still going on in the Raja Street zone of Mandaveli following Metro’s decision to carry out this operation following some observations in the …
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Chennai Metro: bus shelter on Luz Church Rd finds new place. Which routes will this serve?
CMRL has kept its word here – the old MTC bus shelter that stood outside the Co-optex store on Luz Church Road and was removed ten days ago had been …
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Chennai Metro; temporary, narrow pathway provides access from R. K. Mutt Rd to Venkatakrishna Rd
Two wheelers, cyclists and pedestrians can access Venkatakrishna Road from R. K. Mutt Road via a temporary pathway created inside the MTC bus terminus in Mandaveli. But this access can …
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Chennai Metro; despite traffic diversion in San Thome, school-bound people on bikes, cycles allowed access
Though Traffic Police have diverted all traffic headed south at the Light House point, to take Marina Loop Road, due to Chennai Metro project work to commence here, students and …
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Chennai Metro: in Mandaveli zone, grouting clogs sewage and water lines. Residents face problems. Metrowater at work to clear blocks
A serious situation has developed in Raja Street, Mandaveli due to preliminary work of Chennai Metro – local sewage chambers got blocked today because of the grouting work that contractors …
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