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Exasperated by frequent sewage overflow, Khajamalai residents in Tiruchi take to the streets
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2 days, 2 hours ago

Exasperated by frequent sewage overflow, Khajamalai residents in Tiruchi take to the streets

The Hindu  

Residents of Khajamalai blocked the road near TVS Nagar bus stop on Saturday, alleging that the Tiruchi Corporation had failed to address frequent underground drainage issues in the area. Khajamalai area witnesses frequent blocks in the pumping lines of the underground drainage network, leading to bursts. When the pipes burst, a portion of the road is damaged and sewage overflows, …

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Tiruchi Corporation intensifies drive to round up cattle that roam national highways
2 days, 4 hours ago

Tiruchi Corporation intensifies drive to round up cattle that roam national highways

The Hindu  

Following frequent accidents caused by cattle roaming the national highways, the Tiruchi City Corporation has intensified its efforts to impound the animals. On Friday, a severely injured calf was rescued by the Corporation workers on the Tiruchi-Chennai National Highway near Senthaneerpuram and was treated at the animal clinic. To avert such accidents, the civic body has stepped up efforts to …

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Construction of ward offices to be expedited in Tiruchi
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Construction of ward offices to be expedited in Tiruchi

The Hindu  

Tiruchi Corporation has initiated steps to expedite the construction of multi-purpose office spaces comprising an exclusive office for the councillors to receive grievances and meet residents. Meanwhile, construction of office space is underway at a few wards, including Ward 16 at Viswas Nagar, Ward 35 on Senthaneerpuram Gandhi Street, Ward 36 at Kongu Nagar, Ward 37 at Ganapathy Nagar, Ward …

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Advisory against dengue in Tiruchi
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Advisory against dengue in Tiruchi

The Hindu  

The district administration has urged people to take precautionary measures and undergo treatment if they had symptoms of dengue and other seasonal diseases. In a statement here, Tiruchi Collector M. Pradeep Kumar said that people could be affected by monsoon-related diseases such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, influenza, typhoid, and cold and fever. The public, especially children and expectant mothers, should …

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Bad roads in Tiruchi
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Bad roads in Tiruchi

The Hindu  

The condition of several roads in Tiruchi has turned from bad to worse after the recent spell of rain. Important stretches, including Karur Bypass, Bishop Road, Bharathidasan Salai, Old Madurai Road, VOC Road, Mela Chinthamani, EVR Road and roads around Central Bus Stand, Thillai Nagar and Srirangam have been damaged. Since the number of vehicles plying through these roads remains …

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Tender floated for construction of sports complex at Anna Nagar in Tiruchi
4 weeks ago

Tender floated for construction of sports complex at Anna Nagar in Tiruchi

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi Corporation has floated a tender for constructing a sports complex near Anna Nagar to promote sports and recreational activities in the city. Following requests from residents, the civic body mooted the proposal to develop sports infrastructure in the city. Among civic amenities, the sports centre will have a kitchen-cum-dining hall with an in-house cook, an administrative block, separate …

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Integrated Bus Terminus in Tiruchi to be Inaugurated in January 2025
2 months, 1 week ago

Integrated Bus Terminus in Tiruchi to be Inaugurated in January 2025

The Hindu  

Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru has directed officials to expedite the construction of the Integrated Bus Terminus in Tiruchi, with an estimated completion date of January 2025. The project is expected to be completed within 90 days, with additional funds to be allocated for roofing, air-conditioning, and other amenities.

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Tiruchi Corporation cracks down on circulation of single-use plastics in commercial establishments
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tiruchi Corporation cracks down on circulation of single-use plastics in commercial establishments

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi City Corporation has launched an enforcement drive to check the use of single-use plastics and other banned products used for packaging in shops. So far, over 430 kg of single-use plastics from 412 shops across five zones and levied penalties amounting to ₹3.06 lakh. Single-use plastics such as cups and covers were seized from eateries, textile shops, roadside …

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Tiruchi Corporation opens helpline for sewage-related complaints
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tiruchi Corporation opens helpline for sewage-related complaints

The Hindu  

As complaints pertaining to frequent blocks in the underground drainage network are on the rise, Tiruchi Corporation has set up a control room to receive complaints from residents relating to blockages in sewer lines and sewage overflow in the city. With the three drainage projects under way in the city, residents had been demanding formation of a dedicated team in …

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Residents press for opening Health and Wellness centres in Tiruchi
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Residents press for opening Health and Wellness centres in Tiruchi

The Hindu  

Residents have urged the Tiruchi Corporation to commission the health and wellness centres in the city that are in disuse. Considering the surge in urban population and the growing patronage to the 18 Urban Primary Health Centres, the Corporation, under the National Urban Health Mission, constructed 36 health and wellness centres each at an estimate of ₹25 lakh, utilising the …

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Drive to impound stray cattle to be intensified in Tiruchi
7 months ago

Drive to impound stray cattle to be intensified in Tiruchi

The Hindu  

Following repeated concerns raised by residents, the Tiruchi Corporation has planned to intensify its drive to impound stray cattle on city roads. Recently, the Corporation conducted drives to impound stray cattle to avert traffic bottlenecks in K.K. The civic body collected ₹10.56 lakh by penalising the owners and auctioning the stray cattle between November 2022 and April 2024. In 2023, …

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Alternate day drinking water supply for 67 overhead tanks in Tiruchi
9 months ago

Alternate day drinking water supply for 67 overhead tanks in Tiruchi

The Hindu  

Drinking water will be supplied on alternate days in the following areas of the city due to a block in the radial arm at the collector well at Periyar Nagar. Hence, drinking water will be supplied on alternate days to the 35 overhead water tanks in the following areas. Ariyamangalam, Malaiyappa Nagar, Rail Nagar, Defence Colony, Ponneripuram, Mela Kalkandarkottai, Vivekananda …

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Tiruchi Corporation floats tender for setting up a bio-CNG plant at Ariyamangalam dump yard
9 months, 1 week ago

Tiruchi Corporation floats tender for setting up a bio-CNG plant at Ariyamangalam dump yard

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi Corporation has floated a tender to establish a bio-compressed natural gas plant at the Ariyamangalam dump yard with a capacity to process about 100 tonnes per day of the organic waste generated in the city. A tender has been floated to identify a suitable contractor to construct the plant under a public-private partnership mode for producing biogas from …

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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case ex-convict Santhan’s body flown to Sri Lanka
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case ex-convict Santhan’s body flown to Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

The body of Santhan, alias T. Suthenthirarajah, a released convict in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case was flown to Colombo on Friday morning from Chennai. Santhan, 55, died on Wednesday morning at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai due to cryptogenic cirrhosis with liver failure. He was lodged in the special camp in Tiruchi central jail …

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Bio-CNG plant to come up at Ariyamangalam dump yard to process organic degradable waste in Tiruchi
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Bio-CNG plant to come up at Ariyamangalam dump yard to process organic degradable waste in Tiruchi

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi City Corporation is all set to establish a Bio-Compressed Natural Gas plant at the Ariyamangalam dump yard to process the organic degradable waste generated in the city. The non-biodegradable dry waste is transported to the Ariyamangalam dump yard and processed in a phased manner. With the establishment of the plant, the dump yard would process the bio-degradable waste …

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Slow progress of underground drainage work, bad roads irk residents in Tiruchi
10 months, 1 week ago

Slow progress of underground drainage work, bad roads irk residents in Tiruchi

The Hindu  

With the underground drainage work dragging on, several roads in residential areas of Tiruchi have been dug up, raising safety concern among road users. “It has been months since the road was dug up for UGD work but yet to be re-laid, and now the residents have to bear the brunt of the bad road. There are numerous complaints that …

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Tiruchi Corporation proposes to recruit more plumbers to plug leaks in pipelines
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Tiruchi Corporation proposes to recruit more plumbers to plug leaks in pipelines

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi City Corporation has mooted proposals to recruit more plumbers to swiftly plug leaks in damaged drinking water pipeline networks and outsource cleaning of storm-water drains in the city. The city administration has proposed to recruit more plumbers on consolidated pay basis after many councillors and residents expressed concern over the delay in repairing damages in drinking water pipelines. …

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Tiruchi Corporation to sink five additional borewells at Kambarasampettai
11 months ago

Tiruchi Corporation to sink five additional borewells at Kambarasampettai

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi City Corporation has planned to sink additional borewells near its existing collector wells at Kambarasampettai on the Cauvery river bed to meet drinking water requirements of the city during summer. A senior Corporation official told The Hindu that although the city administration was well equipped to meet its daily drinking water requirements, it has been taking steps to …

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Shoppers in Tiruchi can heave a sigh of relief as multilevel parking lot is commissioned
1 year ago

Shoppers in Tiruchi can heave a sigh of relief as multilevel parking lot is commissioned

The Hindu  

The much-delayed multilevel parking facilities on West Boulevard Road and Kaliamman Kovil Street in Tiruchi have been thrown open to the public after its formal inauguration on Friday. The project was undertaken to ease traffic congestion and regulate parking for the convenience of the traders, shopkeepers, and customers visiting Madurai Road, Singarathope, Teppakulam and nearby areas. Work on the multilevel …

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NHAI, Tiruchi Corporation begin consultations on elevated corridor project at Panjapur
1 year, 8 months ago

NHAI, Tiruchi Corporation begin consultations on elevated corridor project at Panjapur

The Hindu  

Tiruchi Corporation and National Highways Authority of India have begun consultations to finalise the alignment and design of an elevated corridor at Panjapur in the city. Tiruchi Corporation has been constructing an integrated bus terminus at Panjapur abutting Tiruchi - Madurai National Highway on a 50-acre land owned by the civic body at a cost of ₹349 crore. Nehru, who …

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Bountiful monsoon impacts business for water suppliers
2 years, 8 months ago

Bountiful monsoon impacts business for water suppliers

The Hindu  

Good rainfall in Tiruchi and surroundings during the monsoon season last year has apparently lowered demand for drinking water supplied by private operators through tanker lorries. This is the time of the year when the tanker lorry operators used to have their hands full, with hospitals, hostels of educational institutions and apartments making a beeline for meeting daily water needs. …

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