Soon after assuming office, the DMK government rekindled its love for flyovers, announcing several of these structures for important road stretches, including Anna Salai and Poonamallee. Just one stretch, from Teynampet to Saidapet covering 3.2 km, is to get an outlay of Rs.485 crore, as per...
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 Amma Canteen that were started in 2013 to provide food to the poor at highly subsidized prices are supporting middle class folk facing a squeeze. It’s common to find people who earn Rs 30,000 a month as well as daily wage earners at the canteen. At Rs 1 idly, Rs 5 sambar rice and Rs 3 for...
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...
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:
Chennai residents may not be looking forward to the Monsoon this year after the deluge last year, but the DMK government must anticipate a flood and prepare to conserve more water for the city’s use.
