“There were a lot of times when I was not able to attend school as paying fees was a big problem. So, once I become a successful gynaecologist, I want to help people like me who struggle to get education,” said Jeevitha with a proud smile.
Author: M Anandavalli
Apart from quality education, Mugappair CFS School students have access to breakfast from Amma Unavagam, school uniforms for those who cannot afford to buy one and special teaching methods for slow learning students and autistic kids.
A newly-built government-owned veterinary hospital near the Post office in Park Road has not started its operations, though it has been three months since construction was completed.
It would be funny if it werenāt so serious. The Nanmangalam lake and farmlands supply water to the rest of the city / suburbs, but the funny part – serious, if you like it – is that the people of Nanmangalam themselves are buying water from these tankers.
We started working on this project without any expectation. It was a real surprise when I got to know that Nila was chosen for this award.
The junction between Golden George Rathnam Salai, Mugappair Estate Road and Madha Kovil Road is being reconstructed to connect an underground canal with another canal, beneath the Nolambur bridge.
What Panchayat Union does, Electricity Board does not know. This is apparently the case in the CMDA-approved layout, Sri Ranga Cooperative Nagar, Vadaperumbakkam, in Madhavaram. Being tired of petitioning all the authorities possible – including the Chief Minister’s cell – to fix streetlights after robberies became a regular affair in their area, the residents put up lamp posts by spending from their pockets.
“We manufacture more than one lakh pencils by cutting one tree. Each and every pencil becomes a tree in future. So, I can assure that one tree is going to give more than thousands of trees in future,” says Ranjith with pride.
“Reaching Bhutan was not the actual success. Spreading awareness about polio attack to thousands of people, who belonged to different age groups, different culture, different parts of the country was my actual success,” says 28-year-old cyclist S Sathish Kumar, who travelled solo from Chennai to Bhutan in February, covering 3,232 km in 45 days.