A natural composting unit is a win-win situation for mother earth and for people, which is why residents of Regal Palm Gardens, Velacheri wasted no time in setting up the facility after the civic body promulgated the rule that large apartment complexes must take care of waste.
Author: Naomi N
Residents of Velacheri are an elated lot after two tanks–Puliyankeni Kulam located at Brahmin Street and Nattar Kuttai at Nattar Street– were revived.
Ahead of the much awaited Ayodhya verdict, which is likely to be delivered before 17 November, the police are taking various precautionary measures to ensure peace and order.
Accidents are not new in Velacheri. Minor mishaps happen regularly due to the ever-increasing traffic. In a bid to help those who meet with accidents, Tansi Nagar Welfare Association has come up with a noble initiative.
Keeping age at bay is E Lakshmanan (80), a resident of Besant Nagar.
For, this retired bank manager has written about 11 books on an array of topics, his latest being ‘Sangeetha Ninaivalaigal’, about the changes in the Carnatic music industry.
With conditions favouring the arrival of North East monsoon, the Indian Meteorological Department today has predicted that Tamilnadu is likely to experience heavy rainfall from today for five days.
There is a good news and a bad news for Velacheri Railway Station. The good: It is going to developed as a model railway station, with lot of improvement work in the pipeline. And, the bad: A survey has listed it as one of the ‘dirtiest railways stations in India’
At a time when there is an over-load of information, what is hard to get is some perspective and maybe some good humour. It is then that people like S Ravishanker (50), come to the rescue.
Prabu Mani (36), a resident of Baby Nagar, Chennai is a Parkour enthusiast. He is one of the founding members of The Parkour Circle – an active community of traceurs in the city. Amid his work of constructing a natural landscape for children in a school in Besant Avenue, Prabu shares with ‘News Today’ his passion for Parkour.