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Rain hits access to hospital, tribal woman from Kodaikanal dies after being carried in doli for 7 km
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rain hits access to hospital, tribal woman from Kodaikanal dies after being carried in doli for 7 km

New Indian Express  

DINDIGUL: A 45-year-old tribal woman from Kodaikanal, who was suffering from fever and could not be taken to a hospital for a week, died after failing to respond to treatment at the Periyakulam government hospital in Theni district on Monday morning. According to sources, the victim G Mariyammal, a resident of Vellavi, a tribal village in Kodaikanal of Dindigul district …

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Election 2024 | Three-way battle in Theni as AIADMK hopes to defend bastion against former party men
9 months ago

Election 2024 | Three-way battle in Theni as AIADMK hopes to defend bastion against former party men

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 08, 2024 19:10 IST - 8 MINS READ “I have to get there in time so that they pay me fully,” said a woman in Theni, as she prepared to attend a political party meeting at a street corner nearby. In what bears a close resemblance to Tamil writer Imayam’s story “Vaazhga Vaazhga”, set around the struggles …

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Lok Sabha polls | A battle between a mentor, a former protege and others in Theni
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | A battle between a mentor, a former protege and others in Theni

The Hindu  

The Theni Lok Sabha constituency, the lone seat that the NDA – then headed by the AIADMK – won in the State in 2019, is witnessing a high profile contest this time around. Traditionally, an AIADMK bastion, the erstwhile Jayalalithaa government’s victory in the Supreme Court in getting the water storage level at the Mullaperiyar reservoir raised to 142 feet, …

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Coimbatore Corporation to install Sewage Treatment Plants near four major water bodies
1 year, 6 months ago

Coimbatore Corporation to install Sewage Treatment Plants near four major water bodies

The Hindu  

As a step towards stopping the discharge of untreated water into lakes and improving the condition of water bodies, the Coimbatore Corporation will soon install Sewage Treatment Plants close to four main water bodies within the civic body’s limits, according to Commissioner M. Prathap. As per the initial environment examination report in April 2022 for ‘Tamil Nadu Urban Flagship Investment …

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Scrap turns into sculptures at Coimbatore’s Periyakulam
1 year, 8 months ago

Scrap turns into sculptures at Coimbatore’s Periyakulam

The Hindu  

A 13-feet-tall replica of a vintage gramophone gleaming with a coat of rain-proof paint is already a show stopper at Ukkadam Periyakulam or Coimbatore Big Tank. “It’s a starting point for art appreciation in the city,” says Ramkumar, a sculptor based in Chennai adding that the sculptures make visitors spare a thought on how to cut down on waste sent …

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Move to beautify Ukkadam Periyakulam with scrap installations draws mixed reactions
1 year, 8 months ago

Move to beautify Ukkadam Periyakulam with scrap installations draws mixed reactions

The Hindu  

The art installations made of scrap materials to be displayed at the Periyakulam in Ukkadam under the Coimbatore Smart City Mission are nearing completion and are expected to be open to the public this week. According to the Coimbatore Corporation, several models including a life-size modular car, a 13-feet gramophone, old telephone models and a hand pump, were made using …

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Dumping of waste along Ukkadam Periyakulam in Coimbatore raises concern
2 years ago

Dumping of waste along Ukkadam Periyakulam in Coimbatore raises concern

The Hindu  

People residing near the Ukkadam Periyakulam and motorists travelling on the Perur bypass have expressed concern over the dumping of waste along the tank. The Periyakulam, one of the largest water body in Coimbatore city, is among the seven tanks taken up by the civic body to be developed under the Smart Cities scheme at ₹ 62.17 crore. The Corporation, …

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Boat rides begin at Vaalankulam and Ukkadam Big Tank in Coimbatore
2 years, 4 months ago

Boat rides begin at Vaalankulam and Ukkadam Big Tank in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

It feels like a carnival at Vaalankulam, one of the eight lakes fed by the river Noyyal, the city’s lifeline. “We are gifted with so many lakes inside the city and we thought boating would be a great recreation activity for families,” says M Prathap, IAS, Corporation Commissioner. Another recreation zone, the Periyakulam or the Ukkadam Big Tank, one of …

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The face-off behind the battle for AIADMK
2 years, 6 months ago

The face-off behind the battle for AIADMK

Hindustan Times  

It was March 8, and at the AIADMK’s Chennai headquarters stood a beaming O Panneerselvam and Edapaddi Palaniswami. The party was celebrating women’s day, and both OPS and EPS, as they are popularly known, showed little sign of animosity, feeding cake to former ministers Gokula Indira and B Valarmathi. On June 23, in a fraught general council meeting of the …

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