With the local body elections sorted out and having scored handsome victories across the State, the DMK government has announced a big revision of property taxes and some other civic taxes in Chennai and elsewhere. The increase ranges from 50% for the sensitive residential segment of up to 600...
The latest innovation in food and groceries delivery such as by Swiggy and Zomato is ten-minute delivery. Zomato promises it for food, Zepto and Zomato-backed Blinkit for groceries. Swiggy Instamart talks about a delivery time of 15 to 30 minutes. Last year, Dunzo announced a 19-minute delivery...
The shocking incident of V.J. Theeksheth, the 7-year-old who died after being run over by a school bus at Sri Venkateshwara Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai’s Alwarthirunagar on March 28, raises the question, once again, whether enough is being done to make the daily commute...
While COVID-19 virtually shut down bus systems around the world, Chennai started losing its appetite for bus travel even earlier. The share of bus trips in total travel had started dropping before the pandemic, with a marked shift to two-wheelers. The pandemic made things worse. Bus services...
Sacred groves are areas that people decide not to touch, allowing nature to take its course there. They are sites of worship. The sacredness in sacred groves makes people leave them alone, providing precious space for green cover. It now seems that the sacred grove approach is better suited to...
Chennai pedestrians need saving. Statistics of Chennai pedestrians dying on the road are alarming. But first: Is Chennai a walkable city? Not for the faint-hearted, the elderly or the disabled. Not for children, surely. The city acquires a busy character from its congested quaint enclaves like...
Chennai is among 20 largest coastal cities in the world at risk for highest flood losses by 2050, and is among 13 in Asia, says IPCC report
The election euphoria is over and the State government, as well as the new Chennai Corporation Council, have to consider a world that has changed a lot in ten years:new Corporation Council, have to consider a world that has changed a lot in ten years:
Forty years ago, Chennai was a pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly city. Ordinary Chennaiites must reclaim pavements from cars muscling us out.
Kamal Haasan gives Gandhi’s khadi a modern spin with KH House of Khaddar, hopes to make freedom fabric fashionable
