Solutions – Citizen Matters, Chennai

Dear PDS authorities, spare a thought for couples in love!

November 15, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

The online procedure to obtain a smart card for PDS supplies makes it mandatory for you to produce a certificate of deletion from your family’s card. For many in the city, who have severed ties with the family, it is proving to be very difficult. Here’s why.

What do Tiruvottiyur and Padur have in common?

August 24, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

Distanced by location, differentiated in socio-cultural profile, the Chennai localities of Padur and Tiruvottiyur have something similar, which they can truly take pride in: two successful, citizen-driven waste management initiatives.

Now, grow your own veggies without mining soil and sand from nature

August 21, 2018 Hema Vijay

Sitting right here in your city, Chennai’s grand old kitchen gardener-activist, S.S. Radhakrishnan, has concocted a perfect organic substitute to soil. Here’s a complete guide that can help all avid urban farmers and gardeners make their own soil and pursue their passion in an even more sustainable way.

Plastic ban: Where there’s a will, there’s going to be a way!

August 2, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

Watch this video to see how self-help groups under the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women are helping temples in Kancheepuram and Chennai city switch to greener options.

சென்னையில் உங்கள் வீட்டிற்கு சூரிய மின்சக்தி இணைப்பு பெற வழிகாட்டி

July 31, 2018 Aruna Natarajan

Subsidies offered by the central government and state to encourage renewable energy has reduced the cost of going solar. But what does it take for the ordinary citizen in Chennai to get a rooftop solar installation?

Around 100 water bodies in Chennai set to get a new lease of life; here’s how

July 26, 2018 Aruna Natarajan

Civic authorities, NGOs, corporate organisations and domain experts have all come together to identify and work on restoring these water bodies with active community participation. It is hoped that this will prevent recurrence of a 2015-like urban flood.

Chennai’s growing tribe of cloth-diapering moms doing their bit for the planet

July 17, 2018 Seetha Gopalakrishnan

They are convenient, have a relatively friendly environmental footprint and work out to be cheaper than you’d think. And a good number of Chennai moms are saying ‘aye’ to these modern cloth diapers. Would you make the switch?

How Chennai police is helping marginalised youth and kids stay happy and productive

July 16, 2018 Aruna Natarajan

Close to 75 Police Boys and Girls Clubs in the city, in collaboration with NGOs and corporate organisations, are engaging these kids and youth in various academic, cultural and sporting activities, thus keeping delinquency in check.

புதிய எரி வாயு இணைப்பை சென்னையில் பெறுவது எப்படி

July 6, 2018 Mahesh Kumar S T

Now in Tamil, our very popular guide on how to get a gas connection, online and without any hassle!

The dos and don’ts for a successful RTI application

July 4, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

Want to use the powerful Right to Information Act to get some answers? Make sure you don’t make these common mistakes that many citizens do, leading to their application being returned without the information sought.

Green worship: These Chennai temples show the way by composting floral waste

June 28, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

By composting flowers and reusing wet waste generated in temples, they are preventing large quantities of waste from reaching landfills and choking water bodies.

A Champion of Hygiene transforms the cancer block in Royapettah General Hospital

May 17, 2018 Bhavani Prabhakar

An ordinary citizen becomes a champion of chanGe and helps improve hygiene levels of Royapettah GH’s cancer block, bringing down infection levels and helping the hospital provide