Pot-holed Mandaveli Street holds rain water, frustrates motorists
The monsoon may have set in but the rains have been patchy. Across Mylapore zone, though there have not been any serious sights of flooding or civic mess, the season …
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Inlets into Sri Kapali Temple tank on east side harvest rainwater falling on this street zone
Over a year ago, Chennai Corporation relaid East Tank Street, which runs between the tank and Sri Kapali Temple on the temple’s west side, and also created inlets into the …
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Monsoon 2023: rainwater flows into Chitrakulam from four sides, water level grows
Just as the water level is rising steadily in the tank of Sri Kapali Temple so is the level of water in the Chitrakulam. The past few days, though the …
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Pre-monsoon showers across Mylapore zone
Over the past few days, there have been varying spells of rain across the Mylapore neighbourhood. These spells have been steady in one area while they have been short ones …
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Monsoon: new channel being created to drain floodwater from East Abiramapuram
With the break in the monsoon this week, local area Chennai Corporation staff have got down to some urgent civic work at the Dr. Ranga Road-East Abiramapuram intersection on Thursday …
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Monsoon: Dr. Ranga Lane community endures flooding
Residents of Dr Ranga Lane, located off Dr. Ranga Road, Mylapore say that ‘whenever rainfall takes place water logging is happening in our area.’ Resident Murugesan says that this has …
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Monsoon: many battered streets, roads remain unattended. MLA says work is being carried out 24×7.
This far, this monsoon, the focus of civic agencies and officials seems to be on ensuring that water does not flood on streets and roads and in colonies. But one …
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Monsoon: civic workers clear drains all over again in key areas
Chennai Corporation civic workers have been busy when the sun is out, clearing storm water drains on major arterial roads and streets, clearing the muck that may have accumulated over …
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Monsoon: Use sticks to clear floodwater? The Sivaswami Salai case.
All you need are some sturdy sticks or poles to clear a flooded road. This is the story one learns from talking to people who work off the east end …
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Monsoon: New drains on San Thome High Road prevent flooding. For years, sewage and water stagnated
If there is one road which people of San Thome zone are glad has been well prepared to deal with monsoon time problems, it is San Thome High Road. This …
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Monsoon: civic agencies take time to clear fallen tree in East Abiramapuram. Local police respond quickly.
A avenue tree crashed in East Abiramapuram 2nd Street last night but it remains where it fell, thus blocking much of the street since civic agencies have taken time to …
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Monsoon: inner streets without proper drains witness flooding
On a day when record rainfall took place in the city, some inner streets of Mylapore were flooded, with the water lashing against the doors or shutters of houses and …
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