This half-attended manhole zone on Kalvi Varu St. poses danger
This is how the area around a sewer manhole that may have been repaired recently looks like on Kalvi Varu Street, the street alongside the gate of Vidya Mandir school …
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This dead-end street corner in Mandaveli is a drinking nook. Residents want police to act
Residents of Srinivasan Street in Mandaveli have bene forced to tolerate what seems to be open-air liquor drinking parties by strangers who make the best of this dead end street …
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Marina Loop Road needs bus shelters, speed breakers. Heavy traffic pose dangers
Marina Loop Road needs lots of attention from CMRL, MTC and GCC, all state agencies. More so now, after Chennai Metro work on the rail line which has advanced southwards …
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Chennai Metro shifts bus stop from R K Mutt Road, because some shop keepers objected to temporary shelter here
The ‘temporary MTC bus stop which functioned near Anna Vilas restaurant on R K Mutt Road has been shifted. It is now located on Venkatesa Agraharam Street, outside Maha Beauty …
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Chennai Metro finally responds to commuters plea for shelters at bus stops
Chennai Metro officials finally woke up from their seats to respond to a stream of complaints, pleas and criticisms – to address the need for bus shelters at MTC bus …
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As bus commuters roast in peak summer at bus stops, Chennai Metro dilly-dallies to erect shelters on ‘divert’ routes
Months after Chennai Metro began work on two new rail lines criss-crossing Mylapore zone, neither CMRL nor the city’s services have bothered to care for ordinary people. One issue where Chennai Metro …
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Part of MTC bus roof ripped off as it brushes avenue tree protruding on to St Mary’s Road
A tree on St. Mary’s Road is posing a serious danger to MTC buses and private lorries. This morning, a nasty accident to a bus caused limited damage. And this …
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Chennai Metro; MTC ignores commuters who ask for bus shelters at new stops
The pleas and mutterings of lots of bus commuters in Mylapore zone do not seen to have affected the officials at Chennai Metro and MTC. Months after MTC bus routes …
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Small civic win for this Luz community. Against ‘insensitive’ civil contractor
Civic minded residents of a colony in Luz won a small civic battle and got some relief from a contractor who was seen violating civic rules. The face to face …
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Royapettah High Road section relaid; cave-in on Mandaveli Street attended
Relaying of Royapettah High Road from the Ajantha flyover end to Thanni Thurai Market end is complete now. Just a small section of the road near the GCC office opposite …
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P. S. Sivaswami Salai; recently relaid road has been dug up, in one section
P. S. Sivaswamy Salai in Mylapore has been the zone of civic headaches and tremors for years – flooding, sewage outflow, badly-maintained road, traffic chaos. Remember the flooding that severely …
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GCC playground zone in R. A. Puram treated as toilet. Civic workers sanitise it
Chennai Corporation’s sanitation department has made an effort to sanitise an area around the stage and the gym inside GCC’s playground on South Canal Bank Road, R A Puram, popularly …
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