Steady rain through the night
It rained steadily through the night in the Mylapore neighbourhood. On Tuesday evening, though it rained steadily in some parts of the city, it was sparse in Mylapore. It remained …
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Delay in drain work in Dr. Ranga Lane poses problems
Residents of Dr Ranga Lane in Alwarpet say that the storm water drain work undertaken by contractor of Chennai Corporation has been pending for about two weeks now. And this …
Read MoreThis Sunday, volunteer to remove nails and ad boards from avenue trees
Free the Tree Campaign has been on for two weekends on Luz Church Road, Mylapore. It is led by the NGO, Nizhal and depends on local volunteers to sustain it. …
Read MoreDay or night, our team is ready to tackle monsoon issues, says Corporation AE
Corporation officials have been working overtime these past few months to ensure that the roads are laid and the muck is removed from storm water drains before the monsoon. The …
Read MoreJoin Nizhal group this Sunday to free trees of nails and advert boards on Luz Church Road
Free the Tree Campaign covered Luz Church Road, Mylapore on October 28. It was led by the NGO, Nizhal and 22 volunteers took part. A similar campaign is planned on …
Read MoreTANGEDCO teams raise pillar boxes, bury cables
TANGEDCO’s main focus this monsoon is to ensure that power supply is uninterrupted during the rains and accidents are prevented. For the past few weeks, work has been going on …
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Monsoon 2018: water does not stagnate in many areas
As pre-monsoon showers bathed Mylapore late on Tuesday and early on Wednesday, many streets did not witness water stagnation save for water standing in pools or patches on the edges …
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Monsoon 2018: avenue trees come down in some places
A avenue tree came crashing down on 6th Cross Street in CIT Colony this Thursday morning. A resident who shared this photo says that nobody was injured though the tree …
Read MoreMonsoon alert: tech facility asks people to report on flooding in local area
On the eve of the north-east monsoon in Chennai, a new initiative for people to report on flooding and serious effect of the rains in the local area is being …
Read MoreJoin group to paint wall of govt. school; Oct.28 morning
Karam Korpom – Stop Abusing Public Spaces (SAPS) is a voluntary body of young people which motivates groups / residents to join in painting walls that are vandalised often. Its …
Read MoreR. A. Puram 6th Main closed due to civic works
R. A. Puram’s 6th Main Road has been closed to traffic due to road repairs. Road repair works and works on drains is going on in this area. One easy …
Read MoreMetro water setting up RWH systems, desilting sewers
Metro water officials have been quite busy for a few weeks now. Rain water harvesting systems are being put in place on the streets and sewers are being desilted in …
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