It has been over two years that Chennai has not had an elected body of Councillors at the helm of municipal administration; elections don’t seem imminent either. What does it mean for you and me?
It has been well over a year since the city has had an elected municipal Council to handle civic issues and it is still uncertain when elections to the Greater Chennai Corporation will be held.
Battered roads, mounting garbage or hanging cables, whatever the problem, members of this civic forum will guide you on informing the right officials and having these resolved.
A city-based teenage animal activist’s visit to the pound run by the Corporation of Chennai leaves him distraught and aghast over the pitiable condition of the canine inhabitants. Here’s his petition to the authorities.
The key to a cleaner ward with effective waste management lies in persistence and education of all concerned, writes this citizen journalist engaged in SWM efforts in Ward 93.
How many of us know that erstwhile Madras formed the cradle of many of the institutions that define modern India? Here’s a slice of that glorious history of present-day Chennai.