State excise authorities have been trying every means to keep the TASMAC cash registers ringing. Downgrading roads. Relocating shops to residential areas. Citizens meanwhile continue the long fight.
Chennai has just about survived the scantiest north-east monsoon in 140 years, and the worst-ever water situation in the last 14 years. Akshatha M finds out about the CMWSSB’s contingency plans for the coming season.