Articles by Padmaja Jayaraman

An exclusive interview with Chennai Mayor Priya Rajan on her pet projects, how she manages duties as councillor and mayor and more!

பேருந்து, ரயில் மற்றும் மெட்ரோவை எப்படி மாற்றுவது?

Material Recovery Facilities in Chennai are not maintained well enough to realise Chennai’s waste management goals. Less than 50% of the dry waste is processed.

Buses, trains and metro rail in Chennai are not suited for use during extreme weather. How can it be made climate resilient?

Ward 200 Councillor A Murugesan aims to bring a commercial complex, state-of-the-art playground, and other physical infrastructure to the ward.

GCC has been removing encroachments from footpaths on a regular basis. But these efforts have made little difference for pedestrians.

Residents highlight issues with water supplied from Nemmeli desalination plant including high TDS, turbidity and low pressure.

Five Animal Birth Control centres; 22 years since ABC; 2 crores spent on ABC every year. Yet, Chennai is failing in street dog management.

The District Green Committee finds itself unable to prevent tree felling due to absence of ground-level monitoring.

First ever Area Sabha meeting was organised in Ward 12 in a bid to involve residents in local governance. Here is what took place in the meeting.

Chennai’s pedestrians face a variety of obstacles from broken footpaths to rash drivers. Many fear for their safety on the city’s streets.

Pedestrian victims made up 35% of all fatalities in road accidents in Chennai in 2022, with deaths driven by accidents involving city buses.