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Water Supply

How ‘nature-based’ transformation of Mylapore tank area could ease Chennai’s water problems

February 14, 2020 Aruna Natarajan

A collective comprised of domain experts and designers have come together under the banner ‘City of 1000 Tanks’ to work towards water security in the city. Citizen Matters spoke to Sudheendra NK of Madras Terrace, a member organisation, on the plans in place.

Civic

Chennai Buzz: FASTag at toll plazas | Crackdown on unauthorised construction | Rise in road offences… and more

November 30, 2019 News Desk

From FASTag services at the ECR and OMR toll plazas to the demolition of illegal shops near Mylapore, here’s a quick recap of some important news from your city this week.

Economy

Meet the mridangam makers of Mylapore

September 17, 2019 Ashna Butani/PARI

Jesudas and his son Edwin are skilled craftsmen, known in the Carnatic music universe of Chennai and elsewhere for the mridangams they give life to, though they still face occasional communal bias.

Economy

Where, oh where, have the goldsmiths gone?

December 12, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

With the mushrooming of giant jewellery showrooms in the city and growing corporatisation, self-employed goldsmiths of yore have become an almost invisible tribe in Chennai. A few, however, hang on to their passion, offering unique creations and customisation.

Civic

Statues of Chennai: Did you know these facts?

November 9, 2018 Laasya Shekhar and Aruna Natarajan

It is the season of statues. As controversies continue around the tallest statue set up in Gujarat, and a prospective ‘grand statue’ at the gates of UP’s newly renamed town, here’s a quick quiz to test how well you know the ones in your city.

Commute

It’s been 23 years, when will MRTS Phase-2 see completion?

July 19, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

23 years after Phase-1 between Chennai Beach and Mylapore was inaugurated in 1995, construction over a 1.5-km stretch on the Inner Ring Road remains suspended, mired in litigation.

Economy

Kuppai Matters: How much plastic waste, which brand?

May 28, 2018 Aruna Natarajan

As a small group of volunteers walked though the snaking pathway that led through Urur Kuppam to the stretch of Elliot’s beach near the Broken Bridge, we spotted litter through the trek. There were styrofoam

Civic

How much can we do? ask the conservancy workers of Chennai

May 25, 2018 Shobha Menon

Conservancy staff work quietly and tirelessly in the face of growing amounts of garbage and indifference among the citizens of Chennai. Nature lover and journalist Shobha Menon spends a morning with them and comes away with a heavy heart.

Civic

Chennai Buzz : A pedestrian plaza in T Nagar, faulty SWD work in Mylapore, Anna Salai to be two way once again!

May 12, 2018 Sandhya Raju

Work begins on T Nagar pedestrian plaza and Villivakkam lake facelift, while Mylapore wakes up to faulty SWD work, Koyambedu waits for new infrastructure and Chennai waits for Anna Salai to be two way again! A look at the week that went by.

Civic

Three Chennai parks that made Kuppai Thiruvizha what it was

April 26, 2018 Kripa Ramachandran

Any inclusive dialogue at a city level requires public spaces that make participation possible and fun. The success of Kuppai Thiruvizha, that sought to create public awareness on issues of waste management in Chennai, brought a few such spaces into focus.

Civic

Kapaleecharam volunteers hope for a litter-free Mylapore temple festival

March 21, 2018 Ganga Sridhar

As Mylapore prepares to celebrate the annual Panguni Thiruvizha, conscious citizen volunteers band together yet again to send out strong messages to the public, requesting them to avoid food wastage and dispose of garbage responsibly.

Society

The gems Mylapore has, but rarely notices

January 11, 2018 Seetha Gopalakrishnan

Houses of Mylapore, an initiative working to showcase the architectural beauty of the neighbourhood, seeks to highlight characteristics of the varied ways of life in the area, over time, through architecture and design.

Civic

Solving civic problems, with just a phone camera!

December 11, 2017 Bhavani Prabhakar

If you live in Mylapore, you must have passed C R Balaji on his bike at least once, clicking pictures to highlight civic problems in the area. Bhavani Prabhakar speaks to the man, an inspiration for every Chennaiite.

Civic

Mylapore Sai Baba temple celebrations hold mirror to citizens’ helplessness

December 1, 2017 Gayathri V

You may have to do without telephone and Internet connections for the sake of a festival, or bear the noise of crackers for hours after your bedtime, and there’s not much you can do!

Civic

The story of how Chennai’s suburban rail commuters got usable toilets

July 8, 2017 Ranga Prasad

17,60,000 passengers travelling daily by the Chennai suburban railway had only nine toilets that they could use across 47 stations, till NGO Satta Panjayathu Iyakkam stepped in. The results hold important lessons for civic problem solving.

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