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Articles by Ranga Prasad

About Ranga Prasad
Rangaprasad is Joint Secretary of Satta Panchayat Iyakkam (SPI), a Tamil Nadu based NGO working for good governance. He is part of the Media & Research team and does policy research. A spokesperson of the NGO, he has represented SPI in prime TV debate shows.
Economy

Chennai survey finds 65% food delivery personnel violated traffic rules

January 9, 2020 Ranga Prasad

A survey by NGO Satta Panchayat Iyakkam found food delivery personnel flagrantly violating traffic rules in order to be able to meet high targets and incentives.

Civic

RTI data reveals that only 34% of Chennai roads are flood proof!

September 30, 2019 Ranga Prasad

A robust storm water drain network is the need of the hour for Chennai to prevent floods similar to that of 2015. But only 1894 km out of the total 5500 km of roads in the city were networked with storm water drains as of October 2018.

Civic

The story of how Chennai’s suburban rail commuters got usable toilets

July 8, 2017 Ranga Prasad

17,60,000 passengers travelling daily by the Chennai suburban railway had only nine toilets that they could use across 47 stations, till NGO Satta Panjayathu Iyakkam stepped in. The results hold important lessons for civic problem solving.

Health

Chennai event highlights we aren’t doing enough against tobacco use

June 5, 2017 Ranga Prasad

Workshop to mark the observance of World No Tobacco Day aimed to sensitize and empower youngsters falling prey to tobacco addiction.

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