25 years on, Chennai sees a DMK sweep
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May 04, 2021 01:40 IST
Decimation of AIADMK in the region may be due to many reasons, including lack of ground work by office-bearers, selection of candidates
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Patriarch remembered: Caterers celebrating DMK’s victory by remembering the late M. Karunanidhi.
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Decimation of AIADMK in the region may be due to many reasons, including lack of ground work by office-bearers, selection of candidates In the city, electoral history has repeated itself after 25 years. After the 1996 Assembly election, Chennai has voted fully for the DMK and its allies, routing the AIADMK as it did then and giving the party a comfortable majority to form a government on its own.
Erratic water supply irks residents
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Anna Nagar West, TVS Colony and parts of Purasawalkam hit by shortage
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Water woes: Water supply has been erratic in areas like TVS Colony, Anna Nagar West and Purasawalkam.
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Anna Nagar West, TVS Colony and parts of Purasawalkam hit by shortage Residents of a few pockets of the city and added areas are complaining of erratic water supply, particularly since the start of summer.
Residents of TVS Colony and Officers Colony in Anna Nagar West Extension said water was supplied on alternate days as it was an added area. But this too had become erratic. People who are largely dependent on piped water supply find it difficult to manage even if water is not supplied one day. Disruption means residents are left without water for two days due to the alternate day supply system, said V. Rajagopal, president, Anna Nagar Western Extension Phase II Residents Welfare Association. People
Mask up or ship out
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April 10, 2021 21:24 IST
Members of a residents’ welfare association ensure visitors to the Corporation-run park on Officers’ Colony Main Road turn up only wearing a face mask
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At Officers Colony Park in Anna Nagar West Extention. Photo : PICHUMANI K
Members of a residents’ welfare association ensure visitors to the Corporation-run park on Officers’ Colony Main Road turn up only wearing a face mask
Residents’ groups are proving to be an indispensable ally to Greater Chennai Corporation in ensuring people mask up at public places.
At the Corporation-run park on Officers’ Colony Main Road in Mogappair, a huge cloth banner says ‘no face masks, no entry’.
Playground in Anna Nagar getsa modern gym
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March 06, 2021 23:04 IST
A residents’ welfare association will be playing a key role in the maintenance of the new facility
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The gym can accommodate 20 people at a time . Photo: PICHUMANI K
A residents’ welfare association will be playing a key role in the maintenance of the new facility
Yoga session, walking and sports. And now add a modern gym to the list.
With a gym spread over 1,200 sq.ft as the latest addition, the playground at Anna Nagar Western Extension would be registering more footfall.
Due to the persistent efforts taken by residents of the locality, officials of Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) Zone 9 agreed to establish a gym.