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The ongoing Chennai Flower Show at Semmozhi Poonga has raised the bar in terms of accessibility. The 10-feet wide pathway ensures those dependent on wheelchairs have a smooth access to the sprawling botanical garden, says a senior official of State Horticulture and Plantation Crops Department. How stand-up comedian Arun Sriram makes his shows inclusive Arun Sriram, a chartered accountant turned …

Walkers disappointed as Semmozhi Poonga closed for maintenance work

If you are planning a trip to Semmozhi Poonga then better be aware that the botanical garden on Cathedral Road is closed for the next few weeks. A banner displayed at the entrance by Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency says that the botanical garden is undergoing beautification and maintenance work and public cannot access the space until new dates are …

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The trip to Semmozhi Poonga now costs more

A visit to the Semmozhi Poonga, the botanical gardens on Cathedral Road, has become more expensive. The Department of Horticulture-Plantation Crops has increased almost every fee levied on a user using its sprawling green space for any activity. The entry ticket, parking charges, fee on use of camera and video and even the fee for walkers have been increased three …

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There is no telling where creativity can have an unfettered run. Monic, a freelance artist and designer from Chennai, shares, “I do live-painting with my watercolour paints near the pebble area of Semmozhi Poonga on Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai and sometimes at Anna Nagar Tower Park.” Monic notes that members of the Chennai chapter of Urban Sketchers gravitate towards Semmozhi Poonga …

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T.N. CM Stalin lays foundation stone for 165-acre Semmozhi Poonga in Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin laid the foundation stone for the Semmozhi Poonga project in Coimbatore on Monday, December 18, 2023. The idea of the park was first proposed during the World Tamil Literature Conference in 2010 by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. This way, they will be able to avail of welfare schemes will ease.” …

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Have you been to Chennai’s Tholkappia Poonga? Meet the ecologist behind it

A welcome oasis of green, far removed from the metropolis’ daily hustle, in the happy company of pelicans and mangroves: This is how Chennai would describe Adyar’s own Tholkappiya Poonga; as the much-needed pocket of calm that reminds the city and its people of “where they came from.” This is precisely what ecologist Joss Brooks, the man behind the important …

‘Semmozhi Poonga’ works to begin soon: Coimbatore Corporation

The work for the first phase of the much-awaited Semmozhi Poonga on the jail grounds in the city is likely to begin by the end of July or in August, according to the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Commissioner M. Prathap. Installations The gardens — herbal, stone with sculptures, gene research, heritage and one consisting of trees whose wood is used …

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition filed by the Agri-Horticultural Society claiming title over four cawnies, 18 grounds and 1,683 square feet of land next to Semmozhi Poonga on Cathedral Road in Chennai. Subramaniam refused to quash the Land Administration Commissioner’s June 5, 2023 order setting aside the Chennai Collector’s 2011 proceedings for grant of ‘patta’ …

Coimbatore Corporation has planned several green cover measures in the budget apart from the massive Semmozhi Poonga project approved by the State. A park for birds will be developed under public-private partnership in a two-acre area belonging to the Corporation inside the V.O.C Park Grounds to exhibit and maintain over 60 bird species, exotic birds and domesticated animals. A ‘Ramanujam …

A 50-year-old father was arrested on Monday for stabbing his son to death in Poonga Nagar in Thoppampatti near Coimbatore. According to a report published in The Hindu, the accused, identified as Mohammed Raffiq, a resident of Anjaneyar Temple Street at Poonga Nagar near Thoppampatti, killed his son after the latter tortured his mother for money to buy alcohol. Then, …