Wall falls to civic body hammer
Residents of Ragamalika Apartments in Adyar are in a fix as the Chennai corporation has demolished the compound wall of their apartment claiming it to be an encroachment.
While the residents assert
Mylapore SC/ST hostel lies unoccupied for 2 years
Even as 20 hostels for Adi Dravidar students in the city are overflowing with students, the government hostel in Mylapore, built at an estimated cost of Rs45 lakh by Adi Dravidar welfare department, h
Flies infest diarrhoea pockets
It may be a cholera scare for the corporation and the rest of the city, but for residents of the diarrhoea pockets of Boopathy Nagar and Osonkullam, life goes on.
A day after the corporation announce
North Chennai fails to bat for cricket
Even as south and central Chennai constituencies are dotted with public playgrounds, cricket-lovers in densely populated north Chennai are left with very little play area.
Moreover, the total ban o
Sewage overflow raises a stink
Several interior residential areas of labour-dominated Villivakkam and Korattur are stinking owing to the absence of sewage and stormwater drains. The ICF premises, maintained by Southern Railway, are
Sewage overflow raises a stink
Several interior residential areas of labour-dominated Villivakkam and Korattur are stinking owing to the absence of sewage and stormwater drains. The ICF premises, maintained by Southern Railway, are
No progress in widening of Chennai-Tiruvallur road
The Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road (NH-205) widening work proposed over two years ago by the ministry of shipping, road transport and highways, has been put in the back burner and hundreds of vehicle us
Semmencherry feels neglected
Bad roads, overflowing sewage, waterlogging, burning of garbage and poor healthcare facilities are some of the long-standing issues plaguing the residents of Semmencherry, an area recently merged with
Ambattur suffers political neglect
The residents of Ambattur, already reeling under sewer overflow, also suffer sleepless nights owing to the mosquito menace and the stench from stagnant garbage that hits them hard. But the councillors
Encroachment eats up Velachery
It looks like the people of Velachery would have to put up with the rampant encroachments in their area for some more time as the civic and state highway authorities are playing the blame-game.
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