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Chennai news: The woman s elder son refused to take care of her and thus she was staying at her fortune-teller son s house for the past few weeks. (Representational Image) | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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Some people going to the riverbed heard a woman cry in pain
As soon as the residents saw the woman trapped in thorny bushes, they informed the cops
Sankar and his friend took the lady on a bike and abandoned her in thorny bushes
Chennai: Another shocking incident came to light in a village near Tamil Nadu s Chennai where a heartless son abandoned his elderly mother in thorny bushes on Thursday.
Roads, drains remain Avadi’s sore points
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March 09, 2021 10:45 IST
Five lakes restored and water supply refurbished; but civic body’s apathy towards roads irks voters
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The Paruthipattu Lake in Avadi. | Photo Credit: PICHUMANI K.
Five lakes restored and water supply refurbished; but civic body’s apathy towards roads irks voters
Evenings have become happier and filled with activities for residents of Avadi in Tiruvallur district, thanks to the restoration and development of the Paruthipattu lake into an eco-park. The ₹28-crore project, which gave a new lease of life to the lake, is one of the achievements of Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture K. Pandiarajan, who represents Avadi in the Assembly. Five lakes, including Ayanambakkam and Sekkadu, have been restored in the last five years.
Avadi is inching closer towards its goal of becoming a zero-waste locality.
The Corporation has processed nearly 70% of the garbage heaped in the Sekkadu dump yard through bio-mining and expects to reclaim the landfill by the year-end.
The Corporation has also introduced concepts such as raising poultry in its micro composting centres as part of the process of composting wet waste.
The civic body is implementing a bio-mining process, wherein garbage is segregated and dry waste is separated for recycling, at its 7.7 acre site, located 10 km from Avadi. About 70% of the 64,000 cubic metres of garbage accumulated over the past two decades had been processed so far using machinery, officials said.
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The aim is to convert these waterbodies into sources of drinking water
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Flow impeded: Surplus water from the 10 tanks drains into the Retteri lake.
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The aim is to convert these waterbodies into sources of drinking water
As part of the measures to tackle floods and droughts affecting Chennai, the Water Resources Department (WRD) proposes to restore a cascade of tanks in the western suburbs and convert them into sources of drinking water.
The project, proposed under the Chennai City Partnership Programme, is under scrutiny, and awaits funds from the World Bank. The network of 10 urban tanks is spread from Thirunindravur to Retteri. Surplus water from each of these tanks drains into the subsequent one and reach Retteri.