Chennai
Residents of Kavundampalayam Municipality and Vadavalli Town Panchayat-coimbatore have been complaining about poor water quality for the last two months.They say that River Bhavani water quality was poor and it carried an unpleasant taste. The two local bodies have been getting the river water since June 2010 under the Kavundampalayam-Vadavalli Combined Drinking Water Scheme to [...] Continue Reading »
From early on Tuesday, the Chennai Corporation’s helpline was flooded with calls from areas like Tiruvanmiyur, Chintadripet, Kotturpuram and Mylapore where residents complained that the situation had gone from bad to worse. After four days of frenzied Pongal celebrations, the city woke up on Tuesday to overflowing garbage and other civic woes.“Civic officials are not [...] Continue Reading »
According to a release, Law Minister Durai Murugan handed over the cards to the beneficiaries. Eligibility cards for the Kalaignar Housing Scheme were distributed to beneficiaries at Alangayam, Tirupattur and Jolarpet panchayat unions on Wednesday. A total of 5,215 persons received the eligibility cards on Wednesday. There were a total of 7,044 huts in Alangayam [...] Continue Reading »
The Madras High Court has directed the Chennai Corporation to take appropriate action within four weeks against a building owner for running a service apartment without drainage and sewage connections. A private firm building which is being used as a service apartment does not have sewage and drainage connection, so the owner clears the sewage [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of maduravoyal-Chennai raise stink over dumping yard near school. Residents say seepage from the dump has polluted groundwater, making it unfit for use. Besides the stench, heaps of domestic waste, plastic and rotting carcasses pose serious health risk to residents. Garbage from Porur and Virugambakkam is dumped in the yard everyday. Neighbours complained of [...] Continue Reading »
Ever wish you could have the dinner with your favorite star Naseeruddin Shah. Two lucky CF user in Chennai will get an invite to dinner with Mr.Naseeruddin Shah out of the folks who bought tickets through CommonFloor (CF). Book tickets Now for the play “Ismat Apa ke Naam” Chennai- And be the lucky one! (Limited [...] Continue Reading »
RBI introduced a ceiling on “loan to value” (LTV) ratio for home loans. The central bank has said that the loan to value ratio for home loans cannot exceed 80 per cent of the value of a house as housing loan.This in effect means that you will have to shell out more from your own [...] Continue Reading »
The state government has decided to introduce e-payment facilities for vehicle registration and driving licenses, vehicle permits and fitness certificates. The facility will first be introduced for registration of vehicles by dealers and then extended to payments. The department has tested the software and is now making certain modifications to make it more simplified. The [...] Continue Reading »
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is asked to give details of unauthorized residential flats constructed in the city and the action taken by the agency against such constructions. The Madras High Court has directed the CMDA to file an affidavit giving the details. The affidavit should be filed by November 12. The matter has [...] Continue Reading »
Builders across the state have decided to stage a one-day strike on Thursday protesting against the unprecedented 100% hike in the price of cement in the last one month. The hike in the prices of cement and other raw material had already hit the construction sector badly. Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India [...] Continue Reading »
