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Chennai Buzz: Increase in water table | Koyambedu market to be regulated | Corporation to make city safer for women

October 16, 2018 News Desk

Reasons for Chennai to rejoice – a small rise in the water table, Corporation draws up plans to use Nirbhaya fund, the Koyambedu market to be regulated, and more news from around the city! Catch up on news from the week that was!

Scant access to nutrition, education and healthcare: Study highlights sad plight of Chennai’s homeless kids

October 11, 2018 Aruna Natarajan

A survey by IRCDUC on homeless children has revealed that only 54% access services by the anganwadi centres in the city. Many suffer habitually from fever, cough, wheezing and diarrhoea as a result of their rough living conditions.

Chennai in darkness: What is wrong with our street lights?

October 10, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

Some remain defunct for months on end. Others follow no logic in terms of when they come on and when they are switched off. These photos show us why streetlights continue to be one of the biggest peeves among citizens.

Chennai Buzz: NE monsoon worries | Dengue scare in city | Metro stations go solar

October 9, 2018 News Desk

Key talking points from your city over the past week — all in one place, in case you haven’t been tracking the headlines.

Will Chennai ever get a municipal body?

October 6, 2018 V Sriram

It has been over two years that Chennai has not had an elected body of Councillors at the helm of municipal administration; elections don’t seem imminent either. What does it mean for you and me?

A ‘green’ guide for RWAs striving to build sustainable apartment communities

October 6, 2018 Aruna Natarajan

An apartment complex in the city has embraced a novel, DIY method of waste management that has helped them reduce the amount of waste generated and sent to landfills. Here are some key learnings from the experience of Ceebros Boulevard.

Chennai buzz: Volunteer for your city | Restoration of water bodies | Reduction in MRTS frequency… and more

October 3, 2018 News Desk

What’s making news in your city? From Chennai Corporation news to MRTS route updates, a quick recap of some the most important headlines from the week past.

Who keeps your streets clean? The invisible women of singara Chennai

October 1, 2018 Aruna Natarajan

Ever wondered where all the litter in your streets accumulated through the day and evening disappear the next morning? Meet the women who sweep the streets of Chennai for a pittance, have little by way of of job security and remain largely unseen by all citizens.

Would you like to honour and serve Chennai’s cleanliness warriors?

September 29, 2018 Meenakshi Ramesh

An initiative to honour and feed the conservancy workers of Chennai, brings a diverse group of NGOs, volunteers, corporates and individuals together, as they try to pull off a big logistical exercise on October 2nd. Would you want to join in?

Chennai Buzz: Using space under flyovers | Krishna water likely to ease Chennai water woes | E-auction of abandoned vehicles and more!

September 25, 2018 News Desk

A quick round up of the civic highlights last week, in case you missed them! Flyovers in the city to get a makeover, water woes could be addressed by bringing in Krishna water, abandoned vehicles to go under the hammer and more.

Chennai Buzz: Monsoon vulnerability | Nod to four smart city projects | Chennai Central turns green…and more

September 17, 2018 News Desk

Smart city projects worth Rs 258 crore were sanctioned last week; which are these and which areas will they impact? How are power and water supply set to change in the days to come? Catch all this and more important news from last week in our weekly Chennai buzz.

Concrete tracks, play area, gym — does Bessie really need any of this?

September 15, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

The modernisation of Chennai’s Besant Nagar beach with central funds obtained under the Swadesh Darshan scheme has left citizens and environmentalists deeply disturbed. Here’s why!