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After flak from residents and Oppn, Chennai corporation drops move to charge for garbage disposal
On Tuesday, the corporation said residents would have to pay a fee with their property taxes for clearance of solid waste from their household. Updated: December 25, 2020 8:23:34 am
The corporation had said government and private offices would be charged between Rs 300 to Rs 3,000 based on area (Representational)
The Greater Chennai Corporation has decided to roll back the user fee for solid waste management, which it intended to charge from January 1, following stiff opposition from residents and Opposition parties. Following the move, Stalin asked whether the government would think before implementing anything.
Lockdown forces Chennai homeless children out of school, families struggle to earn a living
The coronavirus-induced lockdown in March this year cut the sources of livelihood of these families. In the absence of a regular income, they are struggling to make ends meet, and in some cases, children dropped out of school to support their parents. Updated: December 24, 2020 10:04:01 am
In the absence of a regular income, several families are struggling to make ends meet, and in some cases, children dropped out of school to support their parents. (Express photo: Janardhan Koushik)
Eleven-year-old Akshaya, who studies in Class VI in a government-aided school in Chennai’s Ratan Baazar, says she has not attended her online classes for months as the only phone available in her house was broken. “My father’s smart-phone got damaged a few months ago. It hasn’t been repaired till now, so I am not able to attend the online classes,” she says. Stori
Earlier on Saturday, Tamil Nadu BJP President L Murugan caused uneasiness in the AIADMK camp by saying that the alliance will continue with the ruling party in Tamil Nadu but only the national leadership will decide the CM candidate in the upcoming assembly election. This comment comes from Murugan after AIADMK’s executive body announced that Edappadi K Palaniswami will remain their CM candidate.
Reacting to Murugan’s remark, AIADMK senior leaders raised strong objections. Minister Sellur Raju, former MP Anwar Raja said people who wish to continue in the AIADMK-led alliance need to accept Edappadi as the CM candidate. “It’s the AIADMK who needs to decide their CM candidate, not BJP. We contested alone in 2016 and won the majority. We had already decided on our CM candidate in the executive body meeting, if people refuse to accept our decision, how can they continue in our alliance? “ Raja asked.