Chennai: Residents along OMR have urged the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to carry out a detailed investigation into the recurring “dead fish” odour and make the findings public.The smell surfaces in the evenings and is strongest between Tiruporur and Semmencheri. It briefly eased after TNPCB inspected a pharmaceutical unit at the SIDCO Industrial Estate…
Nirupa Shankar, MD, Brigade Hotel Ventures Chennai: Brigade Hotel Ventures is set to expand its presence in Chennai with three more hotels planned across the city, as Chennai, along with Bengaluru and Hyderabad, is expected to witness demand growth that will significantly outpace new room additions, creating favourable demand-supply dynamics through FY30.The Bengaluru-headquartered company’s pipeline…
Chennai metropolitan authority conducts stakeholder consultations for third master plan Chennai: Climate-resilient planning, protection of waterbodies, GIS-based monitoring, stronger social infrastructure and planning urban growth around future water and sewerage networks were among the suggestions made by Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) as Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) kicked off stakeholder consultations for the proposed third…
After decades of taking in garbage from all south Chennai neighbourhoods, the 225-acre Perungudi dumpyard is likely to call it quits by 2026-end. Commuters and residents along the foul-smelling 200-Feet Radial Road can finally heave a sigh of relief.To facilitate this, the city corporation proposed a 2,500tonnes-per-day waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Keerapakkam, near Vengadamangalam, in…
Filling the Gaps: GCC commissioner G S Sameeran inspects SWD works in Anna Nagar Chennai: In the wake of key arterial stretches either having dug up roads or abandoned storm water drain pits, Greater Chennai Corporation has identified about 70km long storm water drain missing links across the city. GCC commissioner G S Sameeran has…
Chennai: A ride from Thiruvanmiyur Junction to Sholinganallur, which could be covered in 15 minutes until a few years ago, now takes 40 minutes. Reason: Wrong-side driving, U-turns, CMRL work, haphazard parking and poor enforcement at service road junctions.The 13-km stretch between Madhya Kailash and Sholinganallur on Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), one of Chennai’s busiest…
Chennai: There seems to be no end to the power cut woes and sleepless nights for city and suburban residents.On Saturday night, the residents of Muttukadu, Tiruporur and nearby areas blocked the traffic on ECR and OMR as their areas plunged into darkness. While residents of Perambur thronged the street, agitated over power supply interruptions…
