Day: January 25, 2019

It’s inevitable to say that waterbodies in Madipakkam and surrounding neighourhoods will soon be among very few sources of drinking water to Chennaiites, as Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) is planning to tap stored rain water from reservoirs in Nanmangalam Reserve Forest.

While Madipakkam has received many amenities over the years, public transport is not one that can be taken as a development. Residents state that it has to be taken with a pinch of salt.

P Jyothimani , Chairman, Monitoring Committee, Southern States of Solid Waste Management honoured G Thangaraj, teacher of Chennai School in Royapettah and district Coordinator of NGC Unit for recognising his outstanding performance in environmental awareness among school and college students for the past 10 years.

Crime rate these days always keep rising, especially at large cities. Kodambakkam being a large area comprising of several major commercial and residential hubs often comes under the eyes of probable criminals. But residents residing in and around Choolaimedu and Nungambakkam are going by ‘better safe than sorry’.

Baskar Raj is not your usual resident from Kodambakkam. He grabbed the attention of thousands of visitors during the present edition of the Chennai Book Fair at YMCA, where he launched 17 books.

Choolaimedu High Road is one of the most prominent and vital stretches in the neighbourhood. It is common to see heavy traffic here everyday, as it connects major localities like Kodambakkam, Mambalam, Saidapet and Guindy,

Being residents of a large city, we often witness civic issues every other day in our lives. Perhaps, we might have seen a pothole in our road, but after a point of time, its existence becomes so infused in our minds, that we automatically slow down when we cross it. But when we finally decide to fix that mess, we wonder which Municipal worker to call.

Shubang Mishra (72) scored a half-century to help St Bede’s AIHSS (Chennai) defeat Neelambal Subramaniam HSS (Salem) by a mammoth 150 runs in the final phase of the Muthoot Group Junior Super Kings Inter-School T20 tournament at the ICL Cricket Ground in Tirunelveli.

A hand book named ‘Thakaval Kalanjiam’ was released by Tax Payers’ Welfare Association, Sri Sankara Nagar, Pammal, on 12 January at 5 pm at the association premises.

Lions Club of Zameen Pallavaram under the leadership of Radhakrishnan recently celebrated a students welfare programme at Sarvodaya School, New Colony, Chrompet. About 60 students participated and got free note books, pens, pencils, books, etc.