As Cyclone Mandous and its wake dumped considerable rain in Chennai suburbs as well as the city, residents in gated communities and housing units experienced yet another year of misery. It was in stark contrast to the marketed images of gated communities where people happily drive in and out of...
Tamil Nadu looks east with a hint of worry at a possible sequel to heavy rain that accompanied Cyclone Mandous, before it powered its way to the west coast. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its forecast on Wednesday that until December 20, the skies over Chennai are likely to...
In the times of frequent road digging and constant potholes, can there be a sort of “instafix” for potholes? Yes, if civic agencies want it. Enter Jetpatcher, a repair system for broken roads that can fill up the death traps in just 15 minutes. This international road repair technology is being...
The mountains of wet waste produced by Chennai everyday due to lack of waste segregation are emitting large amounts of the most potent greenhouse gas of all — Methane. An initiative called Climate Trace that identifies major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the world, using...
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has decided to widen several roads in the suburbs around the metropolis, which are currently no bigger than village streets and are heavily encroached by commercial establishments. Whether it is Anakaputhur, Kundrathur, Poonamallee,...
The sudden downturn in the health of teen footballer R Priya and her death on Tuesday has sent shock waves throughout the state and turned the focus on facilities, standards and quality of medical care in Tamil Nadu’s government hospitals. Doctors performed an arthroscopic ligament repair...
Having a bus stop within easy walking distance, a usable pavement to get there, a single ticket to make trips on buses, Metro, suburban and MRTS trains and real-time information on all buses and trains now come within the realm of possibility, as the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport...
Now that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has formally heralded the northeast monsoon in Chennai and issued a forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall across Tamil Nadu between October 31 and November 3, Chennai got its first demonstration of how the ambitious stormwater drain project...
After a lot of data juggling on what percentage of new storm drains in Chennai are complete, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has announced that 100 drain sites would be closed with centering sheets to prevent a repeat of what happened to journalist Muthukrishnan. Only on September 29,...
Every time the traffic police in Chennai and other cities of Tamil Nadu launch a “road safety drive”, there are spectacular displays and a week of media charades, but nothing really changes on the tarmac. Badly behaved motorists don’t feel persuaded to drive by the book. A case in point is the...
