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Environment

The slow killing of Korattur Lake: Can it be reversed?

January 3, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

Water crisis is not in the news now. But in two months, fifty thousand houses surrounding Korattur lake are likely to be struggling for water because the lake is polluted yet again, and the concerned authorities do not seem to be looking at long term solutions seriously.

Urban floods: A flooded road in Chennai
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.

Governance

With crores in profits from TASMAC, can’t state do more for rehabilitation of addicts?

March 27, 2019 Laasya Shekhar

Substance abuse and alcoholism are a major scourge in Chennai, as our earlier article showed. A visit to two government-maintained de-addiction centres in the city reveals glaring infrastructural lapses and shortage of skilled manpower.

Environment

Bhogi pollution less this year, says TNPCB, but can Chennai rest easy?

January 15, 2019 Laasya Shekhar

Historical data shows that the air quality in Chennai hovers between poor and severe not just during festivals such as Bhogi and Diwali, but often on other days as well. Is the TNPCB up to the challenge?

Civic

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.

Civic

Unfair pricing and safety hazards: Why share autos in Chennai need regulation

October 23, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

In a city like Chennai where last mile connectivity is an area of concern, share autos are the cheapest and easiest option and have emerged as the common man’s preferred mode. But complaints abound, and formalisation of services seems to be the only solution.

Civic

Government spends Rs 1.5 lakh every month for empty beggar rehabilitation home

August 16, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

For three years now, the beggar rehab centre at Melpakkam near Avadi has had no inmates. Yet it has not been decommissioned and continues to have paid staff on the rolls. Is Chennai really beggar-free? And if it is, why is public money being spent on the home?

Governance

How to undermine a powerful act like the RTI? Learn from Tamil Nadu!

July 10, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

Delayed responses, inability to furnish the information asked for, and often deliberate avoidance by Public Information Officers — RTI activists in Chennai relate how the very purpose of the law is being defeated in the state.

Education

Balwadi in Perumbakkam resettlement colony has a teacher who doesn’t read!

March 20, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

Many balwadis in the Perumbakkam resettlement colony have no power, no play equipment and in some centres, not even a teacher who can help the kids learn. This is a gross violation of ICDS norms.

Infrastructure

When Chennai spent Rs 65 lakh on a road in a year, but still didn’t get it right!

November 27, 2017 Prashanth Goutham

In the first of a series of planned exposés, NGO Arappor Iyakkam focuses the spotlight on Devanathan Road in Mandaveli and raises several important questions.

The six-lane IT Corridor on Old Mahabalipuram Road
Water Supply

Rs 700 crore spent annually as OMR residents wait in vain for piped water

August 4, 2017 Akshatha M

For years, residents of the famed Rajiv Gandhi Salai IT corridor have been pressing for basic water and drainage infrastructure, lack of which has meant not just huge expenses but also undesirable developments for the city as a whole.

Environment

Ennore oil spill: How to make a bad disaster worse

February 13, 2017 Seetha Gopalakrishnan

Irresponsible port authorities, unprepared disaster management systems and institutional failures have created an environmental crisis on the Chennai coast, the impact of which will be felt over months to come.


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