In the recent ‘Train Cleanliness Survey 2018’ conducted by IRCTC, Southern Railway ranked top in the ‘Other than Premium Trains’ category. To learn how Southern Railway managed the feat, News Today visited the Basin Bridge Train Care Centre, where trains plying through the Chennai division are cleaned and maintained.
Author: Mohammed Rayaan
A railway heritage photo gallery was opened at Southern Railway headquarters building by Southern Railway Women’s Welfare Headquarters Organisation president Mansi Kulshrestha Tuesday.
Natarajan, a resident of Choolaimedu, lights up when he hears the word ‘Russia’. After all, this is a country which is close to his heart.
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 Ābetter safe than sorryĀ.
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.
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.
Most of us have this assumption that every policeman is a tough guy, patrolling the streets with fierce eyes. But Assistant Commissioner of Police – Central Crime Branch, Selva Kumar, a resident of Vadapalani, evokes a different perspective.
While passing through the Palani Andavar Street opposite the massive Murugan temple in Vadapalani, you’ll see several street hawkers going about their business, talking to customers, bargaining and selling items like garlands, snacks, clips, hair pins, combs, and many other items. But in the middle of all this chaos are the fortune-tellers who occupy the pavements along with parrots in cages or a deck of cards.
“I just started putting down my thoughts on paper about anything I saw, observed and whatever emotion I went through. For example, if I saw rain pouring outside, then I would quickly write about it.”