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TN: Chennai Corporation’s Efficiency in Flames After Perungudi Dumpyard Fires
02 May 2022
To reduce the amount of garbage in the dump, Chennai Corporation periodically sets fire to it.
Sruti MD
TN This Week: Active Cases Cross 30k, 9 Dead in Firecracker Blasts
08 Jan 2022
The daily COVID-19 caseload has increased more than six times from the first day of this year to January 7, going from 1,489 to 8,981.
Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu Records Fourfold Increase in COVID-19 Cases within one Week
05 Jan 2022
Hospitals have turned into ‘amplifying spaces of infection’ and the unvaccinated population is large with respect to absolute numbers.
Sruti MD
TN This Week: Steep Rise in COVID-19 Cases, Sudden Rain Halts Chennai
01 Jan 2022
Commuters were stuck in traffic jams for several hours due to waterlogging, and three died from rain-related electrocutions.
Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu Small-Scale Industries, Farmers Demand Rain Relief
07 Dec 2021
The CITU has demanded an interim relief of Rs 5,000 for workers in all the sectors directly affected by the monsoon.
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TN This Week: Rains Damages Crops, Pollution Peaks After Diwali
06 Nov 2021
About 2,000 cases were registered by police across Tamil Nadu against those who violated the directives to contain pollution on Diwali. Chennai’s air and noise pollution levels dropped to hazardous…
Sruti MD
TN: Another Inhumane Eviction of the Poor in Chennai
28 Oct 2021
The Egmore evictions have attracted sharp criticism since they bypassed basic protocols despite the fact that the pavement dwellers possessed official proofs such as Aadhar cards, voter IDs, and…
Sruti MD
TN: Marshland or Housing Land? Eviction Uncertainty Shrouds 4,000 Families in Bethel Nagar
12 Oct 2021
NGO files second PIL against Bethel Nagar residents alleging encroachment of marshland area and demands their eviction. Families resist through demonstrations and legal battles.
Sruti M.D.
TN This Week: Health, Sanitation, and Other Workers Protest, Demand Job Security, Safety, and Fair Working Hours
26 Sep 2021
On September 23, the nomination process for the rural local body elections for nine districts ended, and the districts are set to go to polls on October 6 and 9.
Sruti MD
Chennai is Our City, Don’t Uproot Us’: People Living on Cooum Banks in Fear of Forced Evictions
27 Aug 2021
'Uprooting people from Chennai has been going on for a long time. It has been part of the policy of the ruling parties in the state. At every opportunity, natural disasters...are used as an excuse to…