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Environment

Photo essay: Chennai Trekking Club organises 8th Chennai Coastal Cleanup

June 20, 2017 Peter Van Geit

The huge awareness drive saw 4600 volunteers participating and removing 32 tonnes of garbage from 20 km of Chennai’s shoreline between Lighthouse and Uthandi.

Society

Chennai kids organise book sales with a difference

June 12, 2017 Mallika Kumar

A group of seven schoolkids in Chennai come together to raise funds to help underprivileged children with books, school stationery and other things that would support their academic journey.

Civic

MP visit revives hopes for people’s gym in Marundeeswarar Nagar

June 10, 2017 Geeta Padmanabhan

MP Jayavardhan assures Marundeeswarar Nagar youth that he will arrange for new equipment for the MGR-era gym that has served generations of the slum population in the area.

Society

Project Masoom: Creating awareness about child sexual abuse

June 2, 2017 Vidya Ragu

Breaking the silence around child sexual abuse and teaching students, parents and teachers how to prevent it – that is the main objective of the Project Masoom sessions. You, too, could be a part of it!

Civic

Dark streets, uncleared garbage: Here’s how you can get civic officials to hear you

May 12, 2017 K Adithyan

Citizens’ group Naam Virumbum Thamizhagam seeks redress for local problems by registering online complaints on the Chennai Corporation website. Their experience carries useful insights for all Chennaiites.

Society

Watch how this group of Chennai kids are cleaning up Besant Nagar!

April 27, 2017 Mallika Kumar

A group of 11 kids from Grandma & Grandpa’s International Early Learning Center come together to solve the neighbourhood’s garbage problem.

Environment

They save trees from abuse in their free time, and you can too!

April 25, 2017 News Desk

Through the month of April, volunteers of NGO Nizhal have been freeing trees of advertisement boards and other forms of constriction, thus gifting them a fresh lease of life.

Civic

A new green revolution in Royapuram

March 20, 2017 Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

Inspired by the Kotturpuram Tree Park and the guidance of the Nizhal team, members of the Dawoodi Bohra community start NABAAT, a movement to plant and nurture trees.

Governance

This Women’s Day, raise your voice for a place in Parliament

March 7, 2017 News Desk

Satta Panchayat Iyyakam organises a model Women’s Parliament to educate women about the legislative process and to push for the Women’s Reservation Bill.

Waste Management

What Manali can teach the rest of Chennai about waste

February 16, 2017 Aarti Madhusudan

Aarti Madhusudan recounts what she saw and learnt about waste management initiatives, as she spent a day in this North Chennai Zone.

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