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ஆக்கிரமிப்பினால் காணாமல் போன வட சென்னையின் ஏழு நீர்நிலைகள்

January 6, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

Water bodies in North Chennai have disappeared over the last three decades to rampant commercialisation and encroachment. Read the Tamil version of our reportage on the issue here.

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Why does actor Rajinikanth pay less tax than Nagarajan of Nanganallur?

January 5, 2019 Laasya Shekhar

Areas newly inducted into the Chennai Corporation have to pay much higher property tax than those in the older, posh localities, despite pathetic infrastructure. This and other anomalies in the recent revision are raising eyebrows across the city.

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In photos: Whose garbage is this, anyway?

February 12, 2018 News Desk

Domestic and industrial waste management receives a lot of focus in discussions around cleanliness of the city, but what about the dumps created by governmental and parastatal departments? These photos call for an urgent policy to tackle this.

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