Residents flay civic body’s apathy
Residents of Pattinampkkam-lighthouse link road accuse Chennai corporation of indifference to their civic problems.
Moreover, residents believe that their economic vulnerability is taken as a reaso
Rs 30cr Chennai land reclaimed
Kancheepuram revenue officials on Friday recovered 1.48 acres of government poromboke land, worth Rs 30 crore, at prime Zamin Pallavaram from New Life Assembly of God (NLAG), a Christian mis
Automobile parts block pavement
Residents of congested Royapuram are battling the encroachment of pavements by broken down automobiles and shops and uncollected garbage, despite the instructions of senior officials of the corporat
Diabetes capital splurges on sweets
Chennai might be the diabetes capital of the country, but a quick check of sweet stalls in the city shows that sales of sweets have been on the rise.
With Deepavali festival fast approaching, sweet
Suburb with glorious past in shambles
The historic ‘Colletpet’, named after Joseph Collet (1707), late governor of Madras, and now transformed into Kaaladipettai by the locals, is crying for attention.
People are left to negotiate batte
Mobile school drives in to pick up dropouts in North Chennai
On Monday, a ‘mobile school’ was out looking for street children who had discontinued studies in Vyasarpadi and Royapuram.
For NGOs focusing on child welfare and primary education, labour-dominated
Noisy MRTS can cause deafness
Passengers who travel by MRTS trains between Chennai Beach and Velachery may get affected by noise-induced loss of hearing and giddiness. Surprised? The jarring sound that arises when the brakes are a
Kitchen gardens grow luxuriantly in Chennai
Kitchen gardens across the city are burgeoning as many Chennaities have started to make use of the available space to grow organic produce.
Most people with kitchen gardens said that they have manag
Councillor promises clean drinking water
Harrowed residents in certain pockets of Royapuram were pleasantly surprised when metro water staff and corporation officials descended on their localities to inspect the quality of the piped water re
3 suffer burns in LPG leak fire
In yet another tragedy involving gas leak in Chennai, three persons including a 60-year-old woman suffered serious burn injuries at Porur Friday morning.
The incident happened in a ground floor apar