Key storm water drain work is on at R. A. Puram
Chennai Corporation has started work on constructing a storm water drain on First Cross Street, R. A. Puram. The aim is to facilitate draining of floodwater into the Buckingham Canal. …
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Monsoon: Canal section in Mandaveli being dredged on Wednesday
The sun has been pout since Wednesday morning and civic agencies are using the break in the rain to go about their priority work in areas where water stagnates and …
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Rain-bearing clouds across the Adyar
Rain clouds move across the Adyar River area on Tuesday morning. The showers have been on and off since last night and the Mylapore neighbourhood has been experiencing them in …
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Sabha’s little effort to keep its pavement clean
When the managers of Rasika Ranjani Sabha decided to address the problem of the relaid pavement alongside its campus on Sundareswarar Street being invaded by taxis and cars and used …
Read MorePM in city; traffic in San Thome, MRC Nagar could be regulated today
Traffic would be regulated from the R. A. Puram end to the Marina end on Monday morning / noontime as prime minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend to two …
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Monsoon: Saturday morning. Civic workers in action at trouble spots
Saturday morning. There is a break in the rain. And civic workers are seen sweating it out at the trouble spots. The Billroth Hospital traffic junction in R A Puram …
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Plaint to TANGEDCO; repair ‘open’ power junction box
Residents of Alamelumangapuram are wondering why their complaint to the local TANGEDCO office to repair a power junction box that is open to the elements and can pose a danger …
Read MoreMonsoon: the Marina in the dark
There are people who drive down to the Marina to take in the monsoon atmosphere. But if you do so after dark, you may want to be forewarned. Rainwater floods …
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Monsoon: on Friday evening many streets, road are dry
The roads and streets of many neighborhoods presented a surprise picture on Friday afternoon – they were all dry, some bone dry. And this, after the extraordinary spell of rain …
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Monsoon: Nov.3 morning: steady rain leaves many streets, roads flooded
The rains were steady and continuous since 7 p.m. Thursday and by midnight, water began to flood and rise on many streets across the Mylapore neighborhood. Water entered many houses …
Read MoreMonsoon: updates from Corporation, Metro Water, TANGEDCO
Chennai Corporation An official at the Ward 126 office says the storm water drains have been desilted. All the motors used to pump out the water have been checked and …
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North-east showers: Schools stay closed, civic issues crop up
The monsoon season has just started, but civic issues cropping up are plenty. Potholes were seen at several roads in the neighbourhood, including Mundagakanni Amman Koil 4th Lane, Justice Sundaram …
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