Chennai: Three days after TOI reported on the pitiable condition of the playground at Govt Ambedkar Higher Secondary School, which was littered with garbage, including empty liquor bottles, construction debris, and wet and dry waste, the Greater Chennai Corporation cleared the premises by Thursday.The school, located on Gandhi Irwin Road, adjoining the Buckingham Canal, falls…
Waterlogging on NH-9 underpass Ghaziabad: Traffic crawled on NH-9 and the Delhi-Meerut Expressway during peak hours on Thursday as heavy rain caused waterlogging near the Ghazipur stretch, slowing vehicles to a halt.Rajesh Tyagi, who travels daily from Crossings Republik to his office in Connaught Place, said the journey that usually takes an hour stretched well…
Vishnu Gurupura, a youth from Gurupura who has been using social media to highlight waste dumping along the Gurupura riverbank and roadside stretches in Bajpe Mangaluru: A 25-year-old from Gurupura is using social media to highlight waste dumping along the Gurupura riverbank and roadside stretches in Bajpe and Gurupura.Vishnu Gurupura, who earlier worked in Bengaluru…
MCG urges residents to ‘adopt’ gully traps to help prevent monsoon waterlogging. Cleaning of gully traps in sector 47 Gurgaon: Ahead of an expected increase in rainfall, the MCG has urged residents to help keep ‘gully traps’ free of blockages — plastic waste, leaves and silt — that frequently clog the city’s stormwater drainage system.Gully…
Government Ambedkar Higher Secondary School in education minister Rajmohan’s constituency, Egmore Chennai: Garbage is the first thing that students see on entering Government Ambedkar Higher Secondary School in education minister Rajmohan’s constituency, Egmore. From plastic waste to liquor bottles and construction debris, a portion of the school grounds is perpetually occupied by discards. But the…
Bowenpally residents grapple with sewage overflow & damaged drains Hyderabad: Years of unresolved civic issues, including overflowing sewage, damaged drains, open manholes, and indiscriminate waste dumping, have made the daily lives of residents of Hanumanji Colony and Icrisat Colony Phase 1 in Bowenpally difficultAccording to the residents, despite multiple complaints to the Secunderabad Cantonment Board…
Haveri CMC has posted sharp, sarcastic lines where garbage used to pile up. Those black spots have now been beautified and are spreading awareness Haveri: “No one should dump garbage here. Heartfelt tribute to the noble souls who still do.” This unusual message has become Haveri City Municipal Council’s latest weapon against habitual litterbugs.Despite door-to-door…
Mapusa: A public passenger shed in Purva ward in the Kasarvarne panchayat has been turned into a garbage dump, triggering outrage among residents and commuters.The bus stop, located in a ward represented by deputy sarpanch Sakshi Naik, is strewn with trash, with waste dumped directly on the seating area.With the rain, the rotting garbage has…
Walk-O-Meter Rating: 2/5 No Place to Walk: People struggle to walk as footpaths are occupied by street vendors, vehicles, construction waste and garbage near Central Market in Mangaluru Mangaluru: Central Market Road is more than just a busy thoroughfare — it is one of Mangaluru’s busiest commercial lifelines. However, navigating this bustling stretch has become…
Footpaths at and around Jalahalli are in deplorable conditions Bengaluru: Jalahalli Cross moves thousands of vehicles every hour. But for pedestrians, one of the city’s busiest junctions offers little more than a choice between broken footpaths and moving traffic.A TOI walk across all four roads radiating from the junction found a striking pattern: pedestrian infrastructure…
