People gather at CIT Colony public park for morning session of asanas
Today, June 21 is International Yoga Day. And the residents of CIT Colony in Mylapore who practice yoga were out at the Chennai Corporation park here to take part in …
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Old friends meet again as Nageswara Rao Park re-opens this morning
K. Venugopal and S. Surendranath were colleagues once upon a time in a corporate firm but now they are walking mates. The duo ( seen in the second photo) used …
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Nageswara Rao Park to re-open on Monday morning. Daily for three hours only.
In a positive development in the dilution of some regulations of the lockdown, city parks will now be open for limited hours from Monday. And so, Nageswara Rao Park in …
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Mylapore crematorium re-fitted, ready for cremations
The Mylapore crematorium which was fitted with new equipment for cremation is ready to be used. It was formally opened to the public on Monday. But this far, it has …
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These workers toil at night to keep the neighbourhood streets clean
Indrani has been on a civic worker for the last nine years. Over the last six months or so, she has been making the long trip from Tondiarpet in North …
Read More Mylapore crematorium: new facility being set up but a few other key issues also need attention
For over four weeks the Mylapore crematorium’s facility was dead: it had broken down. So cremation was stopped. It needed an urgent order after the new Commissioner of GCC took …
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Nagalingam flowers bloom in Nageswara Rao Park. Maintained by Sundaram Finance, workers are at their tasks here every day
On a very hot Tuesday morning, 10 service personnel are sweating it out, clearing the constantly-falling leaves at the Sundaram Finance-maintained Nageswara Rao Park. Service personnel arrive early, at5.30am and …
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Pre-fab hawker stalls ordered for Marina by Chennai Corporation stored in the open in playground
Tens of dozens of prefabricated hawker stalls which were meant for use on the Marina in a new plan that was debated and planned before the current wave of the …
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Mass civic cleaning in Kesava Perumal Puram held
The Mylapore MLA’s office sent a note today saying that a mass street cleaning campaign was undertaken today at Kesava Perumal Puram this morning. Lots of civic workers, mini vans …
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Mylapore crematorium with new facility may open only after May 31
The. crematorium in Mylapore will be functional only after May 31. It awaits new equipment and accessories from a Coimbatore supplier now and setting up the new facility will take …
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MLA initiates drive to clear mounds of waste in three congested colonies
Unseen to the outside, many residents of congested colonies of Mylapore have been living alongside huge mounds of trash generated by the community, cleared once in a while and sources …
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In lockdown time, this group of civic workers turn veggie waste into manure in Mandaveli. Buy it.
It is noontime of lockdown hours on Friday. But it does not apply to these four people working under a shed alongside the MRTS rail station of Mandaveli. and at …
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