After sunny Deepavali, the rain is back . . .
After a sunny Deepavali and a bright dawn, the monsoon rain is back. Since 10 a.m. light steady rain came down and though people headed to work after the holiday …
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San Thome High Road flooded on Saturday
Motorists driving down San Thome High Road on Saturday morning, as easy as 6 a.m. literally drove into a channel of swirling water from the Pattinapakkam end of the road …
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Clean India campaign by B. M. Garden Street residents
On Oct 19 at 7 a.m., the residents association of Bhargavi Apartments on B. M. Garden Street near Abhiramapuram Police Station joined hands to clear the roads of dry waste and garbage. …
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Clean India campaign starts in Mylapore too
Students from Sri Ramakrishna Mission enthusiastically cleaned the streets around the Vivekananda College campus in Mylapore on Thursday morning. They were participating in Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ campaign. The photo …
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Corporation removes encroachments on pavements of R K Mutt Road
Chennai Corporation has started a drive this morning (Sept.16) to remove all encroachments and unauthorized structures on one section of the busy R K Mutt Road, on the Mandaveli side. …
Read MoreNo major civic problems caused by overnight rain
Overnight rain does not seem to have created any major civic problems in this neighborhood. Though it rained intermittently from 9 p.m.onwards on Monday, people in many colonies said that …
Read MoreAvenue trees in Alwarpet, R. A. Puram could collapse since root systems are tarred
Wednesday evening’s rough winds and rain may have a pointer of what may befall C. P. Ramaswamy Road and parts of R. A. Puram which are populated with avenue trees …
Read MoreSan Thome High Road to be widened; land to be acquired
The congested part of the busy San Thome High Road is to be widened and this is one of the road expansion projects that is being pursued by Chennai Corporation. …
Read MoreTree chopped and dumped in garbage bin
A huge tree and its branches was chopped off overnight and dumped in a garbage bin. Residents of Mylapore’s busy Bazaar Street woke up to the sight on Sunday morning. They …
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Sewage leak at C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet
Water Board officials recently removed a block from the drainage system outside the corporation complex at C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet. A leak has occurred and the businesses have now been forced …
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Adyar Estuary project; work on at steady pace
Work on the Adyar estuary is going on at a steady pace. Two JCBs have been deployed here, on the eastern side of Bro D G S Dhinakaran Road, R A …
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Sewage overflow worries San Thomites; rain compounds pollution
San Thomites who reside in the Dooming Street area say they are having a very hard time since the sewage overflows time and again despite stopgap repairs by Metrowater and the …
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