Monsoon: Dr. Ranga Lane community endures flooding
Residents of Dr Ranga Lane, located off Dr. Ranga Road, Mylapore say that ‘whenever rainfall takes place water logging is happening in our area.’ Resident Murugesan says that this has …
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Monsoon: many battered streets, roads remain unattended. MLA says work is being carried out 24×7.
This far, this monsoon, the focus of civic agencies and officials seems to be on ensuring that water does not flood on streets and roads and in colonies. But one …
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Monsoon: civic workers clear drains all over again in key areas
Chennai Corporation civic workers have been busy when the sun is out, clearing storm water drains on major arterial roads and streets, clearing the muck that may have accumulated over …
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Second councillor creates monsoon time useful contacts and shares with people
One more councillor has collated all the useful contacts needed during the monsoon and shared it on WhatsApp groups in her ward. Geetha Murali who represents Ward 171 has made …
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Civic body’s health units move into colonies to offer services during monsoon
Local units of Chennai Corporation’s health department have been a busy lot since the civic body raised its field actions after the monsoon broke out. Teams moved into areas which …
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Chennai Metro; new traffic diversions do not affect flow of cars, bikes
Traffic diversions on TTK Road and on C P Ramaswamy Road have, on Day One of a working week, not be unduly worrying motorists. The bottleneck though was seen this …
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Chennai Metro: with two major traffic diversions effected, expect traffic crawls, jams in Alwarpet, Abiramapuram, R. A. Puram
When the full work week starts on Monday, November 7, what could be the situation in the Mandaveli – Abiramapuram – Alwarpet zone where two major roads have been marked …
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Chennai Metro: section of TTK Road, C. P. Ramaswamy Road barricaded. Traffic diverted.
To facilitate Chennai Metro work in Alwarpet, since this Saturday morning, traffic moving from the Hotel Crowne Plaza side towards Alwarpet traffic signal junction, is diverted into Bharathidasan Road, into …
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Chennai Metro; traffic diversions in Alwarpet, R. A. Puram this weekend
New traffic diversions are scheduled to take place this weekend for Chennai Metro work. These will apply to the areas of C P Ramaswamy Road – C V Raman Road …
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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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