Monsoon: Use sticks to clear floodwater? The Sivaswami Salai case.
All you need are some sturdy sticks or poles to clear a flooded road. This is the story one learns from talking to people who work off the east end …
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Managers of Sri Kapali Temple must clear rainwater that stands around mandapam
Within minutes of a heavy shower on Wednesday, the entire zone in front of Navarathri mandapam at Sri Kapali Temple was filled with water and this included filthy water. After …
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Monsoon: New drains on San Thome High Road prevent flooding. For years, sewage and water stagnated
If there is one road which people of San Thome zone are glad has been well prepared to deal with monsoon time problems, it is San Thome High Road. This …
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Monsoon: civic agencies take time to clear fallen tree in East Abiramapuram. Local police respond quickly.
A avenue tree crashed in East Abiramapuram 2nd Street last night but it remains where it fell, thus blocking much of the street since civic agencies have taken time to …
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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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