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HomeDecember 2015 floods

December 2015 floods

Environment

Why water scarcity never ceases to haunt the women of Chennai

September 11, 2019 Laasya Shekhar

Intermittent rains in Chennai may have eased the situation but water continues to be a scarce resource. And across the city, regardless of social class, women invariably bear the brunt and are expected to make arrangements to quench the family’s thirst.

Education

RTE violations rampant in Perumbakkam primary school for slum evictees

March 7, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

No playground, no fire exits, no proper washrooms and sometimes, no teachers either. That’s how kids from families in the Perumbakkam resettlement colony study, in a primary school operating from residential flats.

Environment

Are Chennai’s monsoon vagaries an indication of global climate change?

November 11, 2017 Laasya Shekhar

Chennai has already recorded two extreme weather events this monsoon, but researchers feel it may still be premature to link it to long term climate change.

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