CMRL Citizen Matters, Chennai

Why persons with disability are unhappy with Chennai Metro

October 20, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

It has been five years since Metro services started in the city. Hundreds of demands and submissions later, it still lacks features useful for persons with disability.

Chennai Buzz: COVID updates | Fruit market to reopen soon | Monsoon preparations underway…and more

September 12, 2020 News Desk

Latest updates on the COVID-19 front in the city and news of other developments during the week that went by.

QR code ticketing, new AC norms, X-marked seats: What Metro is doing to ensure safe commute

September 9, 2020 Bhavani Prabhakar

How is the Metro ensuring contactless travel? Is there enough ventilation in the compartments? How safe is the air conditioning? All your queries answered here.

Chennai Buzz: Relaxed lockdown rules | More localised weather reports soon| CMRL’s post lockdown plan

May 11, 2020 News Desk

Catch the latest developments on the COVID battlefront as well as other important news from your city over the week that passed

Why Chennai Metro needs to pay more attention to use of public space

March 12, 2020 Varun Sukumar

The aim of any transport hub, like a metro station, should be to make the wait time for a passenger entertaining and hassle-free. This means effectively using the available space in multiple ways, some of which can also help boost non-fare revenue.

Chennai Buzz: Coronavirus test facility in city | CMRL in the red | Saving Marina from encroachment…and more

February 1, 2020 News Desk

A round-up of some of the most important headlines from the city over the last week

Chennai Buzz: AC buses back in city | Rent law amendment | Metrowater plans…and more

January 12, 2020 News Desk

From changes in rent laws to plans of parastatal agencies such as MTC, CMRL and Metrowater, catch the important news of the week in this edition of Buzz.

Chennai Buzz: Evictions along Cooum | New parking lot at Central Metro | Fog disrupts flights..and more!

January 5, 2020 News Desk

Evictions continued along the banks of Cooum even as residents protested the move; a new parking facility is set to come up in central metro, and animal lovers have been asked to register to feed strays. Catch all this and more news from across the city!

Chennai Buzz: New performance-based waste contract | Corporation’s ‘secret agents’ | New Year eve security… and more

December 30, 2019 News Desk

Waste, water, commute options — catch the important civic news from your city over the last seven days,

Chennai Buzz: Strict fines for garbage burning | Air quality update | Free wi fi zones…and more

November 16, 2019 News Desk

What do the latest AQI readings say about Chennai air? What do the Corporation’s revised waste management bylaws say? What’s planned for the busy Chennai Central junction? Catch the buzz from your city this week.

Chennai Buzz: Priority tag for Pallikaranai marsh | Dust warning for Metro Phase 2 | Committee to monitor biomedical waste disposal and more

September 7, 2019 News Desk

A quick round up of the key civic developments in the city over the week that went by!

How safe are you in Chennai Metro everyday?

July 23, 2019 Laasya Shekhar

Ever been on the Metro in the wee hours of the morning or late in the evening? With missing security checks at the entrance and hardly any personnel in view, it becomes clear that the Chennai Metro needs to step up arrangements on the security front.

Meet Dr Jayakumar, MP-elect from Thiruvallur

May 28, 2019 Aruna Natarajan

Dr K Jayakumar of the INC unseated the incumbent two-time MP from ADMK to win Thiruvallur. He has previously served as the Namakkal MLA.

Chennai Metro has failed to boost the city’s economy; here’s why

May 20, 2019 Varun Sukumar

Chennai is expected to grow at 8.1% between now and 2035. Mobility will play a vital role in how the city shapes up and public transit will be central to that. But Chennai Metro needs to do a lot more to rise to the occasion.

Shenoy Nagar residents fight to save Thiru Vi Ka Park

April 26, 2019 Aruna Natarajan

Thiru Vi Ka park, which served as vital lung space for the neighbouring communities, has been closed to the public since 2011, when it was taken over for Metro construction. Now, with recent plans of the CMRL, the park and green cover may be lost forever, fear citizens.