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.
On the evening of December 30, vehicles moving towards Chennai Central were slowly making their way from Saidapet on Anna Salai as blinding rain started pounding their windscreens. There had been no indication earlier of an impending deluge, but as they weaved and squeezed their way up to LIC,...
The campaign against a growing tide of plastic waste in Tamil Nadu, as elsewhere, is a road paved with good intentions and green messaging, but one littered with failed campaigns. Tonnes of plastic waste choke Chennai, smaller cities, towns and waterways. Annual monsoon floods in the capital...
The spectacle of a saffron-clad Prime Minister Narendra Modi immersing fully in the Ganga in a ceremonial Varanasi ghat on Monday, keeping just a ‘kalasam’ above the water, has turned Chennai’s attention to lost rivers. Although a lot of money has gone into the Ganga rejuvenation plan under...
