Chennai: Tamil Nadu is set to outsource solid waste collection and transportation services in 12 municipal corporations across the state by roping in private companies. The cities include Avadi, Tambaram, Vellore, Hosur, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Tiruppur, Trichy, Madurai, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli. Tenders to appoint consultancy firms for preparing detailed feasibility reports and transaction advisory plans…
Chennai: Women residents of Sembakkam will soon have a dedicated recreational space to exercise, unwind and spend time without safety concerns. Tambaram corporation plans to construct the 1.25-crore women-only pink park at Nadesan Nagar 2nd Street in ward 23 of Sembakkam Zone, spread across nearly 18,000 sqft. The park, developed using the corporation’s general fund,…
CHENNAI: At least two people died and more than 40 others were hospitalised after an ammonia gas leak at a private seafood and shrimp processing factory in Manjankaranai near Periyapalayam in Tamil Nadu‘s Tiruvallur district on Sunday.According to officials, workers and others present at the facility reportedly fainted after inhaling the leaked gas. The affected…
Chennai, Jun 19 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay speaks as he moves a resolution against the Karnataka government’s Mekedatu dam proposal during the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly session, chaired by Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar, in Chennai on Friday. (@CMOTamilnadu X/ANI Photo) Chennai: Hours after the legislative assembly passed a…
In a major reshuffle in the Tamil Nadu police department, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Prem Anand Sinha and ADGP T. Senthilkumar assumed charge as the Commissioners of Police for Tambaram and Avadi respectively on Saturday. Chennai: Tambaram and Avadi police commissionerates got new commissioners in a reshuffle of officials on Friday. While additional…
TNERC chairman R Manivannan resigned on Friday CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) chairman R Manivannan resigned on Friday, joining the list of officers stepping down from key positions in the state. With two member posts of the commission already remaining vacant, the entire coram has become vacated with Manivannan’s resignation.Manivannan assumed as…
Chennai: North Chennai DMK MP Kalanidhi Veeraswamy’s son and three others including a DMK councillor have been booked by Anna Nagar police for alleged property fraud, criminal intimidation and caste-based abuse.The FIR named the suspects as Kalanidhi Veeraswamy’s son Siddharth, who is managing director of a private company, Rani Ravichandran, councillor of Ward 102 in…
Chennai: Several banners and hoardings erected across the city were knocked off during the rain on Thursday, endangering the lives and limbs of road-users and residents. The local bodies have now begun a drive to remove all the illegal structures across the city.At Maduravoyal, a steel advertisement structure fell on an electricity distribution structure near…
Chennai: After burning through nearly ₹3,000 crore in two years and slipping into a negative balance of ₹1,500 crore, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has decided to exit construction activity and, instead, stay within its core mandate of urban planning and approvals.In the last two years, the CMDA funded for Vada Chennai Valarchi Thittam,…
Chennai: In a major administrative overhaul aimed at accelerating renewable energy development, the state govt has approved the formation of five dedicated renewable energy zones across the State to streamline the implementation of wind and solar power projects and improve services for investors.The restructuring has been undertaken by the Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation Limited…
