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The Greater Chennai Corporation has extended road-cut permission to October 15 to finish stormwater and pipeline work, a month past the usual deadline. Residents warn unfinished trenches could become flood and accident hazards when the monsoon arrives.
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DMK MP Kanimozhi, inspecting flyover work in Thoothukudi on October 6, accused the TVK government of breaking pre-poll promises to nurses, farmers and workers, citing the night release of arrested nurses and unmet demands.
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Fishermen from ten coastal villages marched with black flags on Sunday against the TVK government's plan to build a new Assembly and Secretariat complex on land reserved for the fishing community since 1957, demanding GO 564 be withdrawn.
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Monsoon days away, flood-work deadline extended to Oct 15: activists say the TVK government has started no major new flood-mitigation work, a senior civic official calls south Chennai's flooding '100% man-made', and a CAG report found the Rs 59.4-crore Mambalam canal restoration unfinished.
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With the northeast monsoon days away, the TVK government's flood-mitigation deadline has slipped from September 30 to October 15, only half of central Chennai's power works are done, and councillors say they are being kept in the dark. The rains will not wait for press releases.
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Chennai's sanitation workers paused a 15-day strike on September 4 after four TVK ministers promised relief. The core demands — regularisation, weekly holidays, Collector-rate wages — were deferred to a review due on October 3. That day is here, and the structural promises are still paper. The...
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On Sunday, fisherfolk from Nochikuppam to Srinivasapuram hoist black flags against the TVK's ₹1,200-crore Secretariat-Assembly complex at Foreshore Estate. They want Mullikuppam and Mullimanagar lands back, houses for Loop Road families — and a say before the state builds on their shore.
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A viral video showed a TVK legislator, identified as Mr. Kumar, driving a government bus carrying around 30 commuters during a scheme launch. Transport authorities have ordered a probe into whether he held a valid licence — and who cleared the stunt.
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Chennai recorded 1,775 confirmed dengue cases in September, forcing the corporation to fly drones over the Cooum and Buckingham Canal spraying larvicide. The TVK government's showcase technology cannot cover for stagnant drains, overflowing garbage and a system that wakes only when numbers explode.
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A 20-foot-deep crater opened on Perambur Barracks Road on September 30, damaging a sewer line — the second collapse on the road in weeks. As north Chennai's 50-year-old sewer network gives way, the cave-in sharpens questions about the TVK government's delivery on its infrastructure promises.
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The India Meteorological Department has sounded a yellow alert across Tamil Nadu, warning of heavy rain with thunder, lightning and 50 km/h gusts in the Nilgiris, Coimbatore and Erode till October 3; Chennai is already seeing waterlogging and traffic snarls.
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Chennai's Special POCSO Court has rejected the bail pleas of Shanti, 60, and her husband Mahendra Simhan, 63, arrested alongside Gem Granites proprietor R. Veeramani in the alleged child-abuse case. The court cited pending forensic examination of seized devices, flight risk and the risk of witness intimidation.
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Chennai's resumed 40-day segregation campaign shows households will sort their waste when given the tools — compliance jumped from 35% to 64%. But bins do not empty themselves. The campaign's real test is whether it honours the sanitation workers who carry its weight.
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Chennai recorded 1,290 dengue cases in September, more than double the 605 in August, the health department says, as the mosquito-borne disease surges across Tamil Nadu. Over 25,000 workers have been deployed for mosquito control and fever surveillance.
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Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A. Amalraj has ordered the preventive detention of R. Veeramani, 84, and associates Shanthi and Mahendra Simhan, saying they posed a threat to public order. Four cases are under investigation; a WhatsApp tip line is open.
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Oil companies raised 19-kg commercial cylinder prices for a second straight month, lifting Chennai's rate by ₹66.50. Domestic LPG was unchanged. TNCC president Manickam Tagore said small eateries face a festive-season squeeze.
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Gantries with RFID readers, radar and number-plate cameras have replaced manned booths on the Chennai–Tiruchi highway. About 46,500 vehicles a day use the plaza; FASTag vehicles pass without stopping, while others get challans.
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Fisherfolk from 64 villages want the government order for a new Secretariat at Pattinapakkam withdrawn, while Kasimedu's boat owners plan an indefinite strike over vessels held in Andhra Pradesh for more than 100 days.
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The first Phase II stretch will run non-stop from Porur to Vadapalani while six stations are still being built. Separately, the State is preparing to hand the MRTS to Chennai Metro Rail by December.
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A new Secretariat at Pattinapakkam and seven Chennai boats held in Andhra Pradesh are two sides of one question: does the State see its fishers as citizens or as occupants of valuable sand?
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