Free WiFi on the Marina
You can now access the Net on the Marina. For free but limited. Under the Smart City umbrella, Chennai Corporation has installed infrastructure to provide free WiFi at some public …
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Hawker life on the edge of the Marina: when the beach was shut off
As the Marina beach is re-opened once more to the public after the state relaxed regulations for the pandemic, the hawkers will also move in there. For many of them, …
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Residents of apartments move out after fatal accident following collapse of balcony
Two blocks of Sumanth Apartments on Bhaktavatsalam Road in Mylapore present a grey, ghostly look every at daytime. In there, only two small families remain and they say they will …
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Inner streets in Abiramapuarm being relaid
Part of the street relaying work of the C P Ramaswamy Street in Abiramapuram took place on Thursday night last week. Two road rollers continue to remain there with the …
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More green around the park in Luz
As part of a beautification plan around the Nageswara Rao Park, civic staff of the Mylapore zone were at work this weekend at the junction of Luz Avenue and Ramachandra …
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Civic staff grow kitchen garden on banks of Canal despite the stink and dirt
Would you expect a vegetable garden on the banks of the stinking, stagnated waters of the Buckingham Canal in Mylapore? You wouldn’t want to even want to hang around here. …
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This R. A. Puram colony adds more colour and green in public spaces
The community of R K Nagar in R. A. Puram has sweated and rejoiced at its own efforts to clean and green this colony. The positives have made a change …
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Marina Loop Road has no space to accommodate pandemic-time rules
There are two faces of the Marina at pandemic time. The first that is barricaded from the Light House end, northwards. The second runs along the Marina Loop Road which …
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Have a garden and need manure? Buy it from GCC units in our backyard
If you have a lovely garden and need some good manure, you may want to buy the stuff that the local area Chennai Corporation units are producing in our backyards. …
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Mandavelipakkam park that engages less abled children re-opens
Infinity Park in Mandavelipakkam, that unique park which provides facilities for children with disabilities and the first of its kind in Chennai is now re-opened to the public and to …
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Pelathope community chats with MLA, presents worrying issues
The residents of Vedanta Desikar Swami Street, also known as Pelathope Street, Mylapore recently had a chat with the Mylapore MLA, Dha. Velu to present problems that affect their lives. Topping …
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Nageswara Rao Park to be kept open till 10 a.m. so seniors can go on walks leisurely
Nageswara Rao Park in Luz is now open till 10 a.m. It used to be open to the public only till 9 a.m. till last weekend. The gates open at …
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