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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Making a difference; A local team cleans up colonies
Everytime Lakshmi Narayan. J., a resident of Veerabadran Street, Mylapore passed by unclean streets and homes, he was bothered. In his mind. He felt the need to do something to get …
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Traffic jams at arterial roads yesterday; Rain to continue all through the day today
Traffic snarls at San Thome High Road and Dr. R. K. Salai were just one of the many issues that cropped up as a result of the rains yesterday. In several …
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By the Marina kuppam side on a cool day . . .
If there is one spot in the city where you can enjoy the cool climate of the season near the lap of the sea, it is by the shore of …
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Battling dengue: civic workers hyperactive in large housing tenements
Chennai Corporation seems to have stepped up its operations to deal with the rising cases of dengue illness. Civic workers were seen at the densely-populated Pallakkuma Nagar, off Luz Church …
Read MoreMLA discusses plan to construct soak pits to tap rain-water on streets, roads
Mylapore’s MLA, R. Nataraj has been discussing how to go about setting up soak pits that can tap floodwaters on neighbourhood streets. This follows the MLA’s public announcement to allot …
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