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Chennai Buzz: Two Chennai hospitals participate in Oxford trial | Koyambedu market to be reopened | Study predicts severe monsoon in Chennai…and more

August 29, 2020 News Desk

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

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: Direct election of mayor | FASTag for Chennai toll plazas | Water supply update …and more

October 20, 2019 News Desk

Your weekly round-up of news and updates affecting life in the city

Time to act: Workshop shows how apartment dwellers can conserve water

June 22, 2019 News Desk

Feasible solutions to the city’s water crisis took front seat at the Water Workshop conducted by ADDA, in collaboration with Citizen Matters Chennai.

Rs 1.36 crore a day for just 200 million litres of water; can Chennai really afford desalination plants?

March 7, 2019 Laasya Shekhar

The operational and maintenance cost of the two functional desalination plants is exorbitant, while it is possible to procure the same yield in the form of treated water from lakes, ponds and quarries at one fourth the cost. Why, then, is Chennai looking at a third plant?

Chennai Buzz: Action against illegal banners | Clean Marina by new year | Failed monsoon…and more

December 22, 2018 News Desk

From the water scenario in the city to action for a cleaner Marina and against illegal hoardings, here’s a quick recap of the city’s most important headlines as we come to the close of the week.

Chennai Buzz: NE monsoon worries | Dengue scare in city | Metro stations go solar

October 9, 2018 News Desk

Key talking points from your city over the past week — all in one place, in case you haven’t been tracking the headlines.

Choked storm water drains, battered roads: When will Chennai be monsoon-ready?

September 10, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

The Kerala floods have led to serious concerns over how Tamil Nadu would deal with a similar natural disaster. Looking closer home, at a few neighbourhoods in Chennai, we find there’s a lot to be done, and the short-staffed GCC must start today if we really want to be prepared.

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.

2015 or 2017, monsoon rains bring same misery for Chitlapakkam residents

November 3, 2017 Bhavani Prabhakar

With major roads under knee-deep water, and temporary Executive Officers manning the Town Panchayat, residents feel helpless as northeast monsoon hits Chennai hard.