Infrastructure

Condition of roads, working conditions of fire safety personnel and several other challenges before the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services must be overcome if the city is to prevent and tackle disasters that require the department’s action.

The Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services has a detailed set of norms that buildings of different types and usage should comply with, in order to ensure fire safety and disaster preparedness. Is Chennai aware?

Long queues, overcrowded baggage belts, immigration fiascos and filthy terminals — the Chennai airport is an embarrassment and an ordeal for commuters from the city.

In the first of a series of planned exposés, NGO Arappor Iyakkam focuses the spotlight on Devanathan Road in Mandaveli and raises several important questions.

While 96.5 per cent of government buildings in Chennai have facilities to harvest rain water, the outdated structures and methods lead to sub-optimal water saving and storage capacity.

A city-based teenage animal activist’s visit to the pound run by the Corporation of Chennai leaves him distraught and aghast over the pitiable condition of the canine inhabitants. Here’s his petition to the authorities.

Confusing route information on the official website of the Chennai Metropolitan Transport Corporation and the failure to provide real time information or adequate signage reeks of a lack of focus on the commuter, writes this citizen blogger.

In the first of a two-part series, take an in-depth look at Chennai’s alarming road safety statistics and the primary causes.

Chennai has rarely seen mass mobilisations of this scale in recent times, but why were Chennaiites spontaneously protesting the ban on Jallikattu, which is largely a rural sport? Citizen Matters speaks to a few protesters from the city.

Fake ration cards The issue of bogus ration cards is an important concern reported across India, and the central government has announced that ration cards may no longer be used as legitimate proof of identity

Even as the Tamil Nadu government has introduced digitization of the Public Distribution System (PDS) and smart PDS cards, ration card holders from many parts of the district complain of lack of access to the