Five months is a long time. But five months since Michaung, R.A. Puram is still nursing the suppurating wounds inflicted by the cyclone. While Greater Chennai Corporation initiated road construction projects in 2nd Cross Street and the vicinity of Canal Bank Road, many main roads in R.A. Puram have been ignored, say residents. The extent of damage is most prominent …
It is more than 10 days since Cyclone Michaung struck, and residents of Purva Windermere in Pallikaranai are picking up the pieces and assessing the financial impact of the disaster. “Our immediate priority is to restore the water and sewage treatment plant,” says Harihara Subramanian, president of Purva Windermere Owners Association. Abdul Rahiman, who moved to the area four years …
The post-cyclone situation in Chennai seems to be becoming too hot for the ruling party and its ally, the Congress, to handle, if the angry backlash of members of the public in parts of the city are any indication. C. Murugaiyan, secretary of the federation of residents’ associations in 28 wards of the Tambaram Municipal Corporation, says that even though …
Water stagnation, power outage and depleting resources — this was the situation in south Chennai 72 hours after torrential rain from cyclone Michaung brought the city to its knees, even as normalcy was returning in many other parts. When will power be restored?”Vidyasagar Jagadeesan, a resident of Pallikaranai, said that the stretch from Narayanapuram to Kamakshi Hospital had been blocked …
The Tamil Nadu government is planning to seek an interim relief of ₹5,000 crore from the Union government for the damage incurred during the torrential rain that pounded Chennai and neighbouring districts, Chief Minister M.K. It would be set right either today or tomorrow.” Comparing the recent downpour with the 2015 rains that led to flooding in Chennai, Mr. Stalin …
