Why is GCC not renting this community hall that cost over Rs.1 crore?
Why has Chennai Corporation kept locked a new community hall in San Thome’s sea side that was built in 2021 for some Rs.1.4 crores ? This is a question that …
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Top police officers listen to, discuss traffic-related issues that affect R. A. Puram
Raja Annamalaipuram Residents’ Association (RAPRA) arranged a meeting with Traffic Police officials on February 25, to discuss issues that affect the area. Dr V. Bhaskaran, IPS, deputy commissioner of Police …
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First design of pets-friendly park in Alwarpet is out. But owners of pets raise some issues
The first design of a Pets-friendly Park of Chennai Corporation to be created in the place of the D’Monte Colony park in Alwarpet has been put out. The park is …
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Dog poop stink: residents of two areas are pushing campaigns to address the issue
Residents of two areas of Mylapore zone are planning campaigns that will ask owners of dogs who walk them in colonies to clear the dog poop off the street. These …
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Hand rails installed on pavement in R. A. Puram zone. Secures a place where two schools function and heavy traffic moves
Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has installed hand rails on the pavement of Srinivasa Avenue in R. A. Puram. A section of this pavement runs alongside Chettinad Harishree Vidyalaya school. Another …
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Chennai Metro: small changes made on R. H. Road
Small changes continue to be made on the Royapettah Hugh Road side of Mylapore for work related to Chennai Metro. Recently, a section of Royapettah High Road, outside Sanskrit College …
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Is Kalvi Varu Street the ‘alternate’ hawking zone for Luz Circle hawkers?
Will all the street hawkers who were based in Luz Circle be given spaces along Kalvi Varu Street in Mylapore as an alternate hawking space so that Chennai Metro can …
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Nageswara Rao Park re-design: revised plan has been okayed, detailed plans being made now
So what does the revised plan for Nageswara Rao Park have for Mylaporeans? The food courts have been yanked off the first plan. The herbal garden is cancelled out. There will …
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R. A. Puram community lends hand to civic workers to get area trees pruned
All major trees in the R. A. Puram area have been pruned by the city’s civic body. This follows a representation made by the local community led by RAPRA. “There …
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Make-do walk way created in Nageswara Rao Park. The area was zone where new drain was laid
Patch work continues inside Nageswara Rao Park in Luz, which was ravaged on one edge by the laying of a new stormwater drain late last year. This new civic work …
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When students kept this Post Office busy . . .
People who were at the Mylapore Post Office on Monday morning ( Feb.3) noticed that there was a big queue that had been formed in the campus, rarely seen in …
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Chennai Corporation plants palm tree saplings along Marina Loop Road. The benches in the sand are functional
The now-cleaned sand side of Marina Loop Road will soon sport palm tree saplings from the Light House end to the Sronivasapuram end. This part pf the city’s civic body’s …
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