Giant bird sculpture at traffic island loses its wings!
This giant bird has now lost its wings! Two giant birds – sculptures, made from mud, gravel and cement and set up at the small traffic island at the Foreshore …
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Utility posts erected on pavements of San Thome High Road; pedestrians complain
If you reside on or off San Thome High Road, you may have noticed that its pavements sport electric/ utility/ cable poles erected in the middle of the footpath. Recently, a …
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Road inside De Monte Colony in Alwarpet turns into local garbage dump
Even as the city gets a new garbage clearing agency in many zones, some places are treated like garbage dump zones. Places which are less frequented by people. Take the …
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Construction of new hospital for state-run Health Centre in Alwarpet is on
Construction of a new hospital for Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) is going on at a full swing at C.P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet. The UPHC’s old building, next to Chennai …
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Chennai Corporation starts using new machine to desilt storm water drains
Since the past few days, Chennai Corporation has started using a new machine to desilt stormwater drains in the neighbourhood. On Monday, civic workers were seen using this machine to …
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New garbage clearing agency begins operations, in south end of R. A. Puram
The new agency contracted by Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to collect and clear garbage in many zones of the city has started its work in one ward of Mylapore which …
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Newly laid water-harvesting system helps channel rainwater into tank of Sri Kapali Temple
If there was a pleasing sight on Monday evening when it rained steadily for over an hour then it was the sight of water gushing into the tank of Sri …
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Heavy rain from 4 p.m. Inner streets flooded.
Heavy rains lashed all parts of the Mylapore zone on Monday and residents of many areas reported flooding of their streets. The rain-bearing clouds were seen closer to 4 p.m. …
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Abhiramapuram First Street gets flooded after today’s rain
Following the heavy rain this evening, Abhiramapuram First Street off Dr Ranga Road in Mylapore has got flooded. Resident Giridharan Kesavan says rainwater is stagnating here as the inlets to …
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Empty gas cylinder dumped near garbage bin
People often treat the area around a street-end garbage bin as a waste dump. You come across a heap of garden waste or bed mattresses or even commodes and washroom …
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Monsoon 2020: civic workers start de-silting drains
Ahead of the north-east monsoon season, contract workers of Chennai Corporation have started de-silting stormwater drains in the neighbourhood. The work is carried out to allow for free flow of …
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Drain laid but civic work incomplete. In R. A. Puram.
Residents of Ramakrishna Nagar zone say that a civic project undertaken in this area has been left incomplete and is posing problems to people and motorists. They say that a …
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