Kalvivaru St. closed to traffic: civic work on
Kalvivaru Street, which runs along the Buckingham Canal from the gates of the Mundagakanni Amman Temple MRTS station to Kutchery Road has been closed to vehicular traffic due to the …
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Indoor TT centre to be launched at R. A. Puram playground
The new sports centre built and fitted exclusively for table tennis is to be inaugurated this week at the Chennai Corporation playground on Canal Bank Road, popularly known as Alphonso …
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Installation on Marina promoted as selfie point
The city has got a new place where people can take selfies. And flaunt the name of the city. An installation on the Marina beach lawns closer to the Vivekananda …
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Traffic movement on Marina road to be restricted on Jan.27 morning
Traffic movement is to be restricted again on the Marina beach road on January 27 in connection with the inauguration of the the memorial/mausoleum to former chief minister J. Jayalalaithaa …
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R. A. Puram park is abuzz, children seem to enjoy the open space
One community space which is abuzz following the relaxation in pandemic time regulations is the Chennai Corporation park off Lazarus Church Road in R. A. Puram. Weeks after its gates,like …
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Small stores encroach on Chitrakulam street
Users of the streets around the Chitrakulam are pointing out to the chaotic conditions existing now on the western street here. They point out that with shops hugging the temple …
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When waste bins on streets turn into garbage dumps . . .
Urbaser Sumeet, the private waste clearance agency has been at its job for two months now. But it still has not been able to address issues that challenge such operations. …
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Experts say paving temple tanks with clay is not good idea
People actively involved in civic and environmental issues in the city say that paving the beds of temple tanks with clay is not the best approach in trying to retain …
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Commute buzz missing at MRTS stations
The buzz that used to echo inside the Tirumailai MRTS rail station is yet to return despite the fact that trains are now run to a new schedule. The same …
Read More Newly-laid clay bed of temple tank shows results: rainwater holds
The efforts of the management of Sri Madhava Perumal Temple, Mylapore to pad the top layer of the temple tank’s bed with clay soil is being some fruit. In the …
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Perennial problem residents in some areas face when it rains
There are streets in Mylapore zone that get flooded after a good spell of rain. And this has been the case year on year; because only stop-gap solutions are fixed …
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Workers remove vegetation inside temple tank, strong water inflow
A team of staff of Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple were seen working since 10 a.m. this Tuesday morning clearing a lot of vegetation that has flourished in the stagnant water of …
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