MLA says food hawkers zone idea in Mandavelipakkam dropped
The idea to create a Food Hawkers Zone on a street between Dhyana Ashram and St Anthony’s Girls School in Mandavelipakkam has been dropped, Mylapore MLA Dha Velu says. He …
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Volunteer to paint wall of Mylapore school that has been ‘abused’. This Saturday.
Karam Korpom Foundation (KKF) is inviting creative people to join its small team turn the dirty, disfigured wall of a Chennai Corporation School in Mylapore into a colourful one and …
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MLA goes on a field tour. To explore food hawking zone idea, restore Infinity Park and develop playground off Marina
Mylapore MLA Dha Velu has had a busy morning. Following up on some nascent projects that are on the planning table and civic utilities that need attention. First, Velu went …
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At Mylapore Post Office, access for seniors at Aadhar Card service centre is painful
Mylapore Post Office offers a variety of services to the public and adds more now and then. But does it have some basic facilities in place to make life easy …
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Adyar river mouth being dredged. But pollution of estuary waters is not being tackled.
A sand dredging operation is going on at the mouth of the Adyar river. This morning we sighted a sand dredger at work right in the middle of the mouth …
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GCC teams clear hawkers in Saibaba Temple zone; the stalls are back in business hours later
The GCC teams who are clearing all the hawkers in the heart of Mylapore were seen in action this Friday morning in the Saibaba Temple zone. The civic workers cleared …
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Consumers face frustrating time paying bills at this TANGEDCO office. What is your experience?
TANGEDCO has asked its consumers to move online for all communication and transactions but are its consumer counters pro-consumer still? Do its staff realise they will have to service seniors …
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GCC to build new wedding hall in Alwarpet: budget – Rs.6 crores
The bhumi puja to construct a new wedding and community hall of Chennai Corporation in Alwarpet was held this March 9 morning. The old hall which stood here, on C. …
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GCC makes yer another ‘clear the hawkers drive’ on South Mada Street
Teams of civic workers or Chennai Corporation, a few mini JCBs and a few lorries landed up on South Mada Street on Tuesday morning to clear the hawker stalls on …
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Chennai Metro: small changes in carriageways created
Small changes have been made on the roads in south east zone of R. A. Puram in connection with the ongoing Chennai Metro work. At the junction off MTC’s Mandaveli …
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Gandhiji statue on Marina may be shifted to new location as Chennai Metro work progresses
The statue of Gandhiji may finally be moved out of its iconic location on the Marina lawns. This has to be done because Chennai Metro’s massive project here – its …
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Nageswara Rao Park’s central tree lends itself to art installation by this trio
If Stella Maris’ small team of Fine Arts students rolled out their fabric to create an art installation for Art Fest 2023 last Sunday, three others created their own here, …
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