Monsoon: inner streets without proper drains witness flooding
On a day when record rainfall took place in the city, some inner streets of Mylapore were flooded, with the water lashing against the doors or shutters of houses and …
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Chennai Metro: one section of shops on mosque campus on Kutchery Road to be taken over, demolished
A row of shops that hug the Jumma Masjid on Kutchery Road, Mylapore are making way for Chennai Metro project, for the underground rail line that starts from the Light …
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Monsoon 2022: Copious rainwater flow into temple tank
There is a positive development early in the monsoon as far as the water flow into the tank of Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore. This morning, even as the rainfall …
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Expert says since groundwater is aplenty, absorption during monsoon will be minimal
A few weeks ago, when rain. water harvesting consultant, Sekhar Raghavan sent his team of workers to a campus in Seethammal Colony, off TTK Road, Alwarpet, to do some preliminary …
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Cattle menace: councillor suggests common shed in Mandaveli zone
What do we do with the cattle which roam the streets of the Mandavelipakkam zone? Cattle which create a mess on local streets and take over street corners? One solution …
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MLA says he, his team available 24×7 for monsoontime help, support
Mylapore MLA Dha Velu says people can contact him anytime if there is serious flooding or road blocks or other such issues this monsoon season. He says that he has …
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Councillors say some GCC officials bypass or ignore them
Local councillors seem to be finding unfriendly engineers and officials of Chennai Corporation at local area offices hurdles in their day-to-day activities for the community they represent Two councillors representing …
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Chennai Metro; second traffic diversion rule scrapped after vehicles pile up on four sides at R A Puram junctions
Less than 48 hours after a new traffic diversion regulation was rolled out at the south end of R K Mutt Road – Greenways Road junction for Chennai Metro work, …
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Community hall built at great cost lies unused in Marina kuppam zone
When the AIADMK’s R. Nataraj was MLA of Mylapore, he signed for funds under the MLA funding schemes for public good, to build a community centre built in Doomingkuppam zone, …
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Chennai Metro; new traffic diversion starts today at south end of R. K. Mutt Road
Chennjai Traffic Police have introduced a new traffic movement plan on R K Mutt Road ( south end) – Greenways Road zone in connection with Chennai Metro work. This has …
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Sunday meet-ups to chat about local issues. The R. K. Nagar experience.
Community activists in R K Nagar in R A Puram have a cool way of meeting up and discussing local issues. Every Sunday, at 8 a.m. a street-side meet-up starts, …
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One hour of steady rain and Dr Ranga Road is flooded
One hour of steady rains on Friday morning and residents of Dr Ranga Road are throwing up their hands in despair – for a section of this busy road is …
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