Park offers refuge for heat-beaten people
Daytime temperatures this past week have soared to 38/39 degrees and the stifling heat has exhausted people. Here in Nageswara Rao Park, the trees and benches provide people with spaces …
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Residents want civic body to attend to part-relaid roads
The road at the junction of Dr. Ranga Road and Canal Bank Road is in a very pathetic state and it is very difficult to walk here. ( photo feature there) …
Read MoreMetrowater’s MD says Sivaswami Salai repair work should be over by July
As the criticism of the long drawn closure to traffic on Sivaswami Salai in Mylapore grows, Metrowater has made a public statement and said that the repair work here should …
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Light rains continue through Tuesday
The rain continued through the night in most parts of the city and in Mylapore and it has been raining through the morning too. Most streets are deserted and even …
Read MoreRain cools down neighborhood
The Mylapore neighbourhood, like most parts of the city has been enjoying good weather since Monday morning when it began to rain gently and then steadily. The rain took a …
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Blackgram dhal being distributed at ration shop at C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet
A long queue has formed outside the ration shop at C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet where blackgram dhal is being distributed after more than 2 months. The supply of blackgram …
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Traffic jams and road blocks near Sai Baba Temple frustrates drivers
Traffic jams and road blocks are a common sight near Sai Baba Temple, Mylapore on Thursdays. Vehicles entering Venkatesa Agraharam Road are not allowed to pass by the temple and …
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Improving the green cover in the neighbourhood; MRWA and Thuvakkam join hands
MRWA (Mylapore Residents Welfare Association) and NGO Thuvakkam have started an initiative to improve the green cover this summer. To bring in a tinge of green in every household, they …
Read MoreJunction of Oliver Road and P. S. Sivaswami Salai – a pedestrian’s nightmare
The junction of Oliver Road and P. S. Sivaswami Salai is a walkers nightmare. In the absence of a footpath, senior citizens and children find it very difficult to weave …
Read MoreResidents frustrated with power cuts and fluctuations
Power cuts are being reported from several areas in the neighbourhood. At Madha Church Road, Mandavelipakkam, there was no power from 10 a.m. to about 4 p.m. in the afternoon …
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Students undertake survey on ‘one-way’ traffic system in Luz
Four young Mylaporeans – all students – Shilpa Venkatesh from P S Senior, Soundarya Narayan from Sivaswamy Kalalaya, B. Apparajitha and Praveshika Kumar of Vidya Mandir – undertook a dipstick …
Read MoreWater crisis at Sriram Colony, Alwarpet
A few residents of Sriram Colony, Alwarpet haven’t been receiving metro water supply for more than a month now. The residents have now resorted to buying water to take care …
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