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Chennai Buzz: Commandos to curb lockdown violations | Third master plan update | OMR beautification work to be resumed…and more

June 28, 2020 News Desk

Apart from COVID-19 updates, catch the latest on the city’s third masterplan, the OMR beautification project and pending MRTS work at Velachery.

Infrastructure

Pending infra projects worth nearly Rs 3000 crore adding to Chennai’s commute woes

February 3, 2020 Aruna Natarajan

Road works and flyover projects in limbo for various reasons over the last 5 years has made traffic worse and commute times longer in the city. A quick stocktake of the most prominent unfinished projects and where they stand today

Environment

Inside Nanmangalam Reserve Forest, Chennai’s lesser-known natural gem

September 8, 2018 Seetha Gopalakrishnan

Did you know that Chennai has two reserve forests within its metropolitan limits? One among them is the last remaining natural forest of the landscape.

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.

Civic

Why Chennai should cheer Madras HC order on Chitlapakkam roads

March 13, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

In response to a PIL filed by a Chitlapakkam resident activist, the court directed the Town Panchayat to mandate milling while relaying roads. This applies to the entire state of Tamil Nadu, including the Greater Chennai Corporation.

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