Monsoon 2024: Are trees that pose danger pruned?
Chennai Corporation is pruning trees which may collapse or pose dangers at monsoon time. Just now, the focus of its work is on Bus Route Roads (BRR). The staff of …
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Monsoon Alert is a 24×7 column space which will feature details Mylapore needs at monsoon time. Key contacts and regular updates on flooding, help centres, etc. This info is updated regularly.
Monsoon: Tiruchi college brings relief goods to Marina kuppam, for rain-affected families
Ward 125 councillor Revathi of the DMK arranged utility goods for the rain affected families in Nochikuppam zone off Marina Loop Road two days ago. Mats, bedsheets and covers were …
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Monsoon: state teams distribute sanitary napkins, other personal needs of women
One of the thoughtful responses from the state post-cyclonic weather and record rain was to address personal and health issues of women and children. Teams of the Department of Health …
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R R Sabha badly affected by floodwater and oozing groundwater
One sabha campus that has been badly hit by the recent cyclonic weather is Rasika Ranjani Sabha ( R R Sabha) on Sundareswarar Street, Mylapore. For over a week now, …
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Monsoon 2023: Flooded Venus Colony left to fend for itself
The chief secretary of the state, Shiv Dass Meena and GCC commissioner, J Radhakrishnan, were seen visiting Venus Colony in Alwarpet on the weekend after SOS calls went out from …
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Monsoon 2023: Mylapore Post Office was closed for a day
The Mylapore Post Office had to be shut down for a day last week after water flooded its premises off Kutchery Road. The flood waters made access to the ground …
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Monsoon 2023: how a small community in Mandaveli addressed its local issues
How important is positive community action in the face of a disaster for people of a neighbourhood? Residents of Raja Street in Mandaveli now know what it means to put …
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Dirt water from overflowing Canal floods small dwellings of daily-wage workers
There are small colonies in the shadows of Mylapore zone which take the worst hits when something like this week’s record rainfall disturbed their lives. Sundara Gramani Thottam and Shanmugha …
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Mylapore MLA in fire-fighting mode. People want serious solutions to recurring monsoon problems
For Mylapore MLA Dha Velu, it was all about fire fighting in the face of the monsoon this past week. The DMK member was all over the place – Marina, …
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Two councillors seen working in flooded areas of their wards. NGOs join hands
At least two area councillors hit the streets and reached out to the needy from the hour the cyclone-induced rain caused lots of problems for people in their wards. Councillor …
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Monsoon; ground report from one Mylapore zone on Thursday morning
We went out on our rounds of Mylapore this Thursday morning and this is what we observed – Nageswara Rao Park, Luz – water was still stagnant all over but …
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Monsoon: Mylaporeans stage protest at Luz Circle, demand restoration of power supply
Hundreds of men, women and children walked down to Luz Circle in groups on Wednesday night and staged a protest. They demanded restoration of power supply in many colonies around …
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