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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This Mandaveli community revives its RWA, turns stinking zone into clean and green space
For years, the entrance to Velayutha Raja Street in Mandaveli, from R K Mutt Road has always been a dirty, potholed, narrow street though this is a key access pathway …
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How this Mandaveli colony has ensured it is monsoon-ready. Is your area prepared too?
The community of Raja Street, in Mandaveli undertakes this annual civic work to ensure life is well during the monsoon – its leaders keep an eye on storm water drains …
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Chennai Corporation’s auction of rented spaces in Alwarpet, R. A. Puram ‘flops’. No takers for run-down properties.
The auction of renting shops and office spaces of Chennai Corporation at its blocks in Alwarpet and R. A. Puram seem to have been a failure. Held on Oct. 12 …
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Chennai Metro: traffic diversion at south end of R K Mutt Road ‘taken off’
The diversion made at the far end of R K Mutt, for traffic from Adyar moving into Mylapore due to Chennai Metro plans here has been taken. off. Since Monday, …
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Chennai Metro; four latest developments – barricading land, taking over public spaces
Slow but steady developments are taking place in the Chennai Metro rail projects in the Mylapore zone. The south-east parcel of land of Queen Marys College has been barricaded. Going …
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Fire Service present demos to show people how well they are prepared for monsoon calls: action held in temple tank
A monsoon preparedness drill and demonstration had a mela atmosphere to it; or better, a sports meet spirit wafted around. On Tuesday morning, in pleasant weather, a group of students …
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Monsoon preparedness drill by Fire Service personnel at Sri Kapali Temple tank
The state’s locally-based Fire Service personnel will conduct an intensive monsoon preparedness drill on Tuesday morning at the Sri Kapaleeswarar temple tank. Over 120 life saving personnel and 10 rubber …
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Chennai Metro: has traffic diversion on Luz Church Road caused a mess in the interior?
Has the minor diversion of vehicular movement on Luz Church Road’s west end into Desika Road zone messed up life in this zone? Well, going by what we observed around …
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Diner at Sangeetha in R. A. Puram says ‘chutneys’ are recycled. Sangeetha says ‘claim is absolutely false.’
Sangeetha Fast Food and its fine dining restaurant in R. A. Puram is popular and people, mostly residents of this neighbourhood say it is an excellent ‘go to’ option when …
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Chennai Metro: small section of Luz Church Road blocked
Chennai Metro work is slowly covering small areas, step by step and could hasten in the weeks to come. A few days ago, the stretch on Luz Church Road, from …
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Civic activist does a good turn; gets traps at SWDs cleared. Asks Mylaporeans to inspect their streets to prepare for monsoon
If you want to ensure that your street or your doorways do not flood after a steady rain this monsoon, there is one little act that you as a civic …
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