Tuesday’s rain affects students on their way home
School students had to negotiate the rain when local schools closed for the day and the rain was still coming down steadily on Tuesday. The rain stopped around 3.345 p.m. …
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Thiruveedhi Amman Koil Street residents place painted drums to solve parking issues
To discourage people from parking autos, travel vans and call taxis in their area, the residents of Thiruveedhi Amman Koil Street (West), Mandaveli have come up with a simple and …
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Luz Church Road nook gets locality map, photos of landmarks and pavement benches
The grandly-planned street-scape for Luz Church Road – wide pavements, central pavement median, displays of heritage spots of Luz and Mylapore, special lighting and street furniture – is now history. …
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Pilgrim rush to Besant Nagar church causes traffic jams in Mylapore’s main road
The roads from Mylapore leading to Besant Nagar clogged up as people headed on foot and by private vehicles to the Annai Vailankanni Church for the flag hoisting service and …
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Garbage compactor damages playground wall on St. Mary’s Road
A section of the compound wall of the Chennai Corporation playground on St Mary’s Road in R A Puram came apart after a garbage compactor is said to have gone …
Read MorePower sub-station for Mandaveli coming
Mylapore MLA R. Natraj says a new 100 kva transformer was commissioned recently by TANGEDCO at Thenkur Selva Vinayagar Koil Street near the temple tank. The new transformer will solve voltage …
Read MoreLuz could be a rail hub if Metro rail proposals see light of day
If proposals made by a railway study authority for the next phases of Metro Rail for the city are accepted by the centre and the state, then Luz will be …
Read MoreChennai Corporation asks Sundaram Finance to develop, maintain Nageswara Rao Park
Chennai Corporation has formally handed over the development and maintenance of Nageswara Rao Park, Luz for the next three years to Sundaram Finance (SF). The civic council passed a resolution …
Read MoreRacing – still very common on arterial roads
Dr. R. K. Salai has been cited as one of the stretches where racing – on bikes and auto rickshaws- has become very common. Age seems to be no bar, …
Read MoreNageswara Rao Park may have Wi-Fi soon
Chennai Corporation, working with Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation, may offer WiFi at selected parks in the city. This comes as a follow-up to Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa’s promise …
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Mandavelipakkam’s civic activists get down to CleanUp No.2
Mandavelipakkam’s residents turned up in good number to do a good turn this Sunday, July 17. The Mandavelipakkam CleanUp No.2 campaign rolled out again – picking up from the community’s earlier cleanup …
Read MoreAshvita grant to document local heritage
Alwarpet-based Ashvita Foundation is offering a grant under its ‘Vanishing Heritage Project’ to photograph, catalogue and document heritage spaces/houses in Mylapore and the neighbourhoods closely. The documentation can also be …
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