TN allots Rs 111 crore for flood mitigation
Tamilnadu government today released a G.O. alloting Rs 111 crore for permanent flood mitigation works in Chennai, Kancheepuran, Chengalpattu and Kanchipuram districts. Continue Reading
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March past, April Fools’ time now
I am inspired. I am encouraged. And I am emboldened, enough to present my own manifesto, my promises, knowing fool, er, full well that there is no chance of me getting elected. There is a conspiratorial proviso in the EC fool, hell, rule book that unfairly disallows those who have not fooled… filed their nominations, from contesting. Continue Reading
CCTV cameras to be installed to bring Cooum under surveillance
To monitor and curb the illegal dumping of construction debris along Cooum, the Greater Chennai Corporation will install cameras at various places in the neighbourhood along the river bank. Last year it was reported that more than 86,000 tonnes of construction debris have been found dumped along the river Continue Reading
From the mouth of a river
Koovam. That’s the village in Tiruvellore district where I was born, though my ancestors hailed from places to the West, as far as even Dharmapuri. But here I am in Chennai as the desolate, dirty Cooum, far removed from my original history and habitat. I know you will hold your nose on hearing my name but please lend your ears to my tale of tears. Continue Reading
‘If you can’t convince them, confuse them!’
All is fair in love and war and we may add politics too At least, this is the inference one is compelled to draw when confronted by the goings on in the political arena. Continue Reading