Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami will be inaugurating the festival 18 December in Chennai and thavil maestro A K Palanivel will receive the ‘Isaiyazhwar’ award from the Chief Minister.
Author: Bhavani Prabhakar
The 2017-2018 data provided by TANSACS shows that there are a total of 10,527 cases in the State and Chennai has the highest number of HIV population, accounting for 887, followed by Tiruchi that has 623 cases and Madurai, 580.
In an effort to document the heritage buildings in the city, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has roped in seven architects to study 192 sites listed in the Justice E Padmanaban Committee Report. Around 30 structures are given to each expert for the project.
It has been one month since the Pallavapuram Municipality began door-to-door garbage collection. While a section of residents are glad about the civic action, activists in the neighbourhood are unhappy that it has been implemented without serving a prior notice to people.
The residents of Chrompet are unhappy over vehicles that are stocked in Chrompet Bus Depot located near State Bank Colony.
Residents of Venkateswara Street in Nehru Nagar are inconvenienced even for a short spell of rain.
As, their narrow and poorly-laid road is their biggest problem.
If it is monsoon, water and vector-borne diseases are the most expected outbreaks. However, with Cyclone Gaja devastating the delta districts, the officials state that there has not been many dengue and swine flu cases in the affected districts.
News Today gets into conversation with Dr Sunil Shroff, the founder-trustee of Mohan (Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network) Foundation that has been working towards organ donation and transplantation for several years now.
To meet the water needs of residents living in Pammal and Anakaputhur, the municipalities have begun work to source water from quarries and ponds in the vicinity. It is said the suburbs experience severe water scarcity during summer.