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Free Gita classes onSaturdays

International Society for Krishna Conscious-ness (ISKCON) conducts free Bhagavad Gitaclasses for all on Saturdays from 5.30 p.m to7.30 p.m in 24/3, Indira Colony 3rd Street, nearAshok Pillar, Ashok Nagar.

The participants will be taught MantraMeditation (Bhakti Yoga), HarinaamaSankeerthanam, application of Gita teach-ings in daily life and spiritual solutions to ma-terial problems. For more details, callVaijayanthi in 97911 61439.

‘Manidham Punidham’ play to bestaged on Friday

The drama troupe Naatya Naadha Naataka Sangamam, floated byS. Sruuthi (resident of 44/21, Bagirathi Ammal Street, T. Nagar) willstage the play ‘Manidham Punidham’ written and directed by K. S. N.Sundar on Aug. 9, at 6.30 p.m in Bapalal Bhavan (15, 1st SeawardRoad, Valmiki Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur).

It is a socially relevant play where a temple property is sought to beusurped by a person due to vested interests. She is the granddaughterof late R. S. Manohar and daughter of dramatist S. Shivpprasadh.

Her contact numbers are 2834 4876 / 73586 96613.

Free 10-day spoken Sanskritclasses from MondayBy Our Staff Reporter

Samskrita Bharati will conduct free 10-dayspoken Sanskrit classes from 4.30 p.m to 5.30p.m from Monday, Aug. 5 to Wednesday, Aug.14 in Vasanth Apartments, 28, Dr. ThomasRoad, opposite GRT Grand Days Hotel, T.Nagar. No previous knowledge of Sanskrit isnecessary.

There is no age limit. For registration, contactSumathi in 98410 04694.

Blood donation camp todaymorningBy Our Staff Reporter

Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya (PostalColony, 4th Street, West Mambalam) hasorganised blood donation for the 37thconsecutive year from 8.30 a.m to 12 noon onSunday, August 4 in it’s premises. A team fromVHS Blood Bank will collect the blood units.

More details can be had in 2489 1713.

Earth dumped on P. V. RajamannarSalai

A tipper lorry was seen unloading earth dug from a construction siteon the margin of P. V. Rajamannar Salai, K. K. Nagar.

Earth is found heaped on a 20-ft stretch of the road margin.A dustbin kept on the road margin has been moved to the carriageway

to make way for the debris.The residents of the street have appealed to Chennai Corporation to

remove the debris immediately.

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Program in RamanaBhaktha Samajam onSundaysBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Ramana Baktha Samajam, WestMambalam (BVSN Moorthy School,Thambiah Road, West Mambalam) conductsthe following program on Sundays:

5 p.m: Veda paarayanam5.30 p.m: Ramana Maharishi’s

Aksharamanamalai.6 p.m: Discourse.All are welcome.More details can be had in phone 94441

72623.Special pooja is conducted and prasadam

distributed among special children at 11.30a.m on Ramana Maharishi’s birth star day(Punarpoosam).

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Sub-inspector suspended forviolating helmet rule

By Our Staff ReporterS. Madhan Kumar (Sub-inspector, Mambalam Police sta-

tion), who was spotted riding a 2-wheeler without wearing ahelmet on Usman Road, was placed under suspension lastweek.

The suspension order was issued by Joint Commissioner ofPolice, South Zone.

A photograph of Madhan riding the two-wheeler withoutwearing a helmet had been received on the GCTP (GreaterChennai Traffic Police) citizen services app.

2-way traffic on LIC-ThousandLights stretch from today

By Our Staff ReporterAfter seven years, two-way traffic on LIC-Thousand Lights

stretch of Anna Salai will resume on Saturday, Aug. 3.Once the stretch becomes two-way, motorists may no longer

have to take the circuitous route along General Patters Roadand Whites Road to drive from Broadway to DMS.

Traffic changes made on several roads including GeneralPatters Road, Whites Road, Woods Road and Pattulaos Roadwill be restored to their original pattern.

The stretch from General Patters Road-Anna Salai junctionto Whites Road-Anna Salai junction and several other bylanesbetween Periyar Salai and AG-DMS were made one-way in2012 when CMRL began construction for the undergroundcorridor.

LIC and Thousand Lights stations were part of the 10-km.stretch from Washermenpet and AG-DMS which was thrownopen for public use on Feb. 10.

Proposal for flyoversat Teynampet, Nandanamjunctions hits roadblocks

By Our Staff ReporterA year after the State Govt. sanctioned overbridges at

Teynampet and Nandanam junctions, both are yet to take off.The tender for the Rs.122.8-crore overbridge, proposed to

connect Eldams Road and Anna Salai at Teynampet junction,found no takers.

The other overbridge to link Venkatanarayana Road andPasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Salai failed to secure anNOC from the metro rail as it has designed a corridor on thesame stretch.

The CMRL will also construct subways there. Both theprojects were announced under the Smart City Mission.

“We had called for tenders for the 1.2-km Teynampet junctionoverbridge but not many companies came forward. We will callfor tenders again this week,” said an engineer from the bridgesdepartment.

The project cost, estimated at Rs. 98 crores last year, hasnow escalated to Rs. 122 crores.

Youth awarded 10 years RIfor stabbing woman

By Our Staff ReporterA Mahila Court sentenced R. Ragunath (a 25-year-old

engineer) to 10 years rigorous imprisonment after convictinghim for stabbing Suchi Smitha Chatterjee (32) near a women’shostel in T. Nagar two years back.

Ragunath was an ex-colleague of Suchi in Ashok Leyland.He had been stalking her and had lost his job after she

complained to his superiors at work.This infuriated Ragunath who, on March 23, 2017, confronted

her outside her hostel and stabbed her.

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Banks of Mambalam Canal tobe beautified

By Our Staff ReporterWithin two years, Chennai Corporation proposes to beautify

the banks of the 5.8-km Mambalam Canal, by laying a footpathalong the entire stretch and developing parks and otherrecreation facilities.

Mambalam Canal starts near Valluvar Kottam and passesthrough T. Nagar and CIT Nagar before draining into the Adyarriver near Nandanam golf course.

It is one of the 15 canals in the city maintained by theCorporation.

According to an official, indigenous trees such as vilvam andneem will be planted along the stretch.

He said sewage treatment plants will be set up along thecanal to treat waste water from houses.

Breastfeeding room in T. Nagarbus terminus not well maintained

By Our Staff ReporterThe room reserved for lactating mothers to breastfeed their

babies in T. Nagar bus terminus is not well maintained.The room is kept locked and a notice on the door says that the

key can be obtained from the timekeeper’s office.When this reporter checked the room, he found that it was

dusty and there was no water supply.

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By Our StaffReporter

Chennai Metrohas begun soiltests for its phase2 project at thejunction ofMambalam HighRoad and BazullahRoad in T. Nagar.

Barricades havebeen placed aroundthe area to cautionmotorists.

The tests werestarted in Venka-tanarayana Roadtwo months back.

Chennai Metro starts soil tests inMambalam High Road

There will be 5 stations in the neighbourhood, namely Nandanam, Panagal Park,Kodambakkam, Meenakshi College and Power House.

Discourse on‘ThiruppavaiAmutham’ onWednesday

Under the auspices ofTirumala Tirupati Devas-thanam, PanampattuRavichandran Ganapathid-asan will give a discourse on‘Thirupavai Amutham’ at 6.30p.m on Wednesday, Aug. 7 inTTD Information Centre,Venkatanarayana Road, T.Nagar.

All are welcomeMore details can be had in

92836 00628.

By Our StaffReporterMore than

200 devoteesof a localA m m a ntemple tookout a ‘Kavadi’process ionalong LakeView Road,W e s tMambalamto celebrateAadi on July30.

‘Kavadi’ procession for Aadi

Sale of organicfarm productstodayBy Our Staff Reporter

Organic Farmers Markethas organized an exhibition-cum-sale of produce of farmerson Sunday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.mto 1 p.m in 32/44, MadhavanNair Road, Mahalingapuram,near Ayyappan Temple.

On sale will be indigenousrice varieties including kichlisamba hand pounded boiled andraw rice, sona masuri handpounded raw rice, kullakarboiled rice and aromatic rice,thooyamalli, pulses, sweet-eners, salt and cooking oil.

Anand (Organizer) toldMambalam Times that theyhave aggregated a number ofsmall and marginal farmerswho cultivate only food crops.

No middle men are involvedand the sale proceeds godirectly to the farmers to helpthem get the maximum benefit.He added that most of farmersparticipating in the sale ownless than 2 acres of cultivableland and, in spite of failingmonsoon, inadequate supportfrom family members and lackof welfare schemes, are stillpassionate and rooted to thetraditional method of farming.

For more details, call Anandin 98405 25516 or 9962225225

Chennai industriesto get treatedsewage waterBy Our Staff Reporter

Chennai will become the firstIndian city to recycle sewagewater and supply it forindustrial purposes.

The new treatment plantbeing built in Kodungaiyur willbecome operational by Aug. 7.

This plant will supplyrecycled sewage water toindustries, thereby ensuringthat fresh drinking water isreserved for residential use. \

Another treatment plant,under construction inKoyambedu, is likely to becomeoperational in September.

Together, these two plantscan treat 90 million liters ofsewage water per day usingthe reverse osmosis technique.

The plant in Kodungaiyur willinitially treat 15 MLD, whichwill gradually be increased to35 MLD, and then to its fullcapacity of 45 MLD. Industrieswill benefit from this project asthey will get 50 MLD treatedwater, an official said.

By Our Staff ReporterAll India Human Puratchi Organisation and Welfare (West

Mambalam) conducted its 225th seminar last week.R. Sundaramurthy (Founder) distributed uniforms and aware-

ness stickers among 225 autorickshaw drivers.The program was hosted by K. Gopinath (President, Chennai

District). Anyone wishing to become a member may contactGopinath in 86673 27700.

Uniforms presented to 225 auto drivers

By Our Staff Reporter2-wheeler riders stopped for not wearing helmets were counselled by M. Selvam (Traffic

Inspector, Ashok Nagar) at Ashok Pillar Junction, Jawaharlal Nehri Road on July 28.He explained to them the importance of wearing helmets for safety.

Inspector counsels helmetless riders

Protruding rods endangerpedestrians

By Our Staff ReporterSeveral iron rods used to construct a storm water drain in

Habibullah Road, T. Nagar are protruding by about 2 feet nearPrakasam Street junction.

These pose a danger to pedestrians, especially at night dueto poor visibility.

By Our Staff ReporterA number of vehicles including 2-wheelers and 4-wheelers seized by R4 Soundarapandi

Anganwadi Police are parked on the newly laid pavement outside the police station.

Seized vehicles block pavement outsidepolice station

Manhole chamber not raisedwhen road relaid

By Our Staff ReporterThe sewage manhole chamber at the junction of Station

Road and Kuppaiah Road in T. Nagar is now a few inches belowthe level of the road as it was not raised when the road wasrelaid. This poses a danger to motorists to caution whom aplastic barricade has been placed in it.

Discourse on Gita todayBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama (5,Maharaja Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar), SwamiSatyaprabhananda will give a discourse on Bhagavad Gita inTamil at 5.30 p.m, on Sunday, Aug. 4 in the Ashram’s premises.

All are welcome.For more details, call 2814 3896.

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on Aug. 15By Our Staff Reporter

Rig and Yajur Veda Upakarma will be conducted from 7.30a.m to 11 a.m on Thursday, Aug. 15 in Vena Garden, 36, VeluStreet, West Mambalam. Vigneswara pooja, Maha sankalpam,kalasa pooja and homam will be performed.

All are welcomeMore details can be had from Murali Devathanswamy in

98415 02313.

By Our Staff ReporterThe ATM in the SBI kiosk on

Ramasamy Street is partlydamaged.

According to a bank cus-tomer, a 6-inch wide portion ofthe machine’s front adjacentto the card slot is broken andthe interior is exposed.

He added that there is noguard at the ATM.

SBI ATM on Ramasamy Street damaged

Owner arrested fordriving awayseized vehicle

Natarajan (28) of Velachery,whose 2-wheeler was seized fordrunken driving by K. K. Nagartraffic police on the night ofAug. 1, sneaked into the policestation at around 2 a.m anddrove away the vehicle using aduplicate key.

When the police found theimpounded vehicle missing,they checked the CCTVcamera footage and saw thebike being taken away byNatarajan. Police used theregistration number to tracethe owner and arrest him.

According to the police,Natarajan’s vehicleimpounded, and he was askedto pay a fine of Rs. 2,500 in thecourt and claim the bike afterproducing the receipt.

Indian breed dogshow on Aug. 15By Our Staff Reporter

Indian breed dog showorganized by Blue Cross ofIndia (Chennai) will be heldfrom 4 p.m on Thursday, Aug.15 in Phoenic Marketcity (142,Velachery Main Road, IndiraGandhi Nagar, Velachery).

According to Arpitha Rao(Manager, Communication),the highlight of the show will bethe special section, where thedogs will be judged on categorieslike ’waggiest tail’, ‘best smile’and ‘craziest name’.

An adoption drive will alsotake place for abandoned ororphaned puppies, kittens anddogs.

She said that this show willalso help raise funds for BlueCross.

For more details, call 8939391301.

By Our Staff ReporterAround 400 families get 20

liters of water each per dayfrom the Amma RO booth onNew Boad Road, T. Nagar.

Water is distributed on thebasis of smart cards.

Water is supplied throughtankers to the RO booth.

400 families benefit from RO booth onNew Boag Road

‘HarinaamaSankeerthanam’ inRamasamy Roadtemple on FridayBy Our Staff Reporter

ISKCON and TamilnaduBrahmni Association havejointly organized ‘HarinaamaSankeerthanam’ from 6.30p.m to 8 p.m on Friday, Aug.9in Arulmigu MuthumaariAmman Temple (Dr. Rama-samy Road, K. K. Nagar).

All are welcome. More de-tails can be had in 91766 51942and 94441 56169.

Reiki awarenessprogram onWednesday

R. Sri Devi (President, ReikiCentre of India, 17th Street, 4th

Sector, K. K. Nagar) willconduct a Reiki session from12 noon to 2 p.m on Wednesday,Aug. 7 in Shasun Jain Collegefor Women (Madley Road, T.Nagar). She said that Reiki isa cost effective and non-invasive method to treatchronic ailments.

There will be speeches and afree demonstration of Reiki.

The registration fee isRs.100.

For more details, call her in97904 12266 or 96299 61030

Disabled elderly woman runscatering service from home

By Our Staff Reporter72-year-old R. Mythili (resident of G2,

Kamakoti Flats, 127/62, KamakotiStreet, West Mambalam), who isphysically challenged, runs a cateringservice from home.

She also makes and sells varieties ofappalams, vadaams and pickles.

Mythili told Mambalam Times thatshe started the business after her

husband passed away 20 years back.Due to some illness, she lost mobility in both legs, she said.She got the idea to start the catering business after she first

cooked for 20 persons to help her neighbour who had a functionat home. Since then the business has grown well mainlythrough word of mouth and references, she said. She has anumber of regular customers and cooks for small functions.

“I have been helped by several of my customers who haveappreciated my courage to run the business in spite of my ageand disability by donating disabled- friendly scooter,refrigerator, washing machine, culinary items and more”, shesaid.

“I do all the cooking and cleaning, and employ an assistantfor general help and delivering the food. I will continue with thebusiness as long as my body allows me to or till my last breadthif I remain healthy,” she added.

She also conducts cooking classes for interested persons.Her contact number is 99625 35977.

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Wheels locked for violating ‘no parking’ rule

By Our Staff ReporterIn a special drive conducted on July 31, the traffic police

locked the wheels of cars parked in the ‘No Parking Zone’ onThyagaraya Road. T. Nagar. The locks were removed after thevehicle owners paid the fine.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Stolen Golden Retriever abandoned nearowner’s house after 4 days

By Our Staff ReporterA 5-year-old Golden Retriever dog stolen from outside a house

on Usman Road (T. Nagar) on July 26, was found abandonednear the house on July 30.

After returning from office, Sharath Ravi (a bank employee)found his dog Jackie missing and the CCTV footage showing acouple taking it away in a call taxi from near his house.

The family lodged a complaint with Pondy Bazaar police.CCTV footage showed that the couple had meticulously

surveyed the stretch of North Usman Road where Sharath’shouse is located. After noticing that the pet was roaming free,they lured it by offering biscuits and befriended it.

“We searched all over the neighbourhood, and also circulatedthe CCTV footage on social media networks along with a photoof the dog. Early on July 20, the dog was found abandoned on astreet near our house by a transgender living nearby. Since she was aware of our enquiriesabout the dog, she brought our pet home,” he said.

Residents’ Welfare Associationstrives to e-connect residents

Motilal Street Residents’ WelfareAssociation (31/57, Motilal Street, T. Nagar)has appealed to residents to share their emailaddress and WhatsApp number to make iteasy for the Association to disseminateinformation of interest and cause for complaintat one go. The Association will also create adedicated WhatApp group with the sharednumbers. Residents may send the details byemail to motilalstreetresidents@gmail.com

MLA replies to letter in Mambalam Times

In prompt response to my letter published inMambalam Times last week regarding thecivic problems in the neighbourhood and theneed to use the increase in MLAs’ constituencydevelopment fund/to solve them, the T. NagarMLA has said,“the pending work in thisconstituency will be attended to as per therequirements of the people. I have utilised thefunds to the best of my ability.”

My appreciation. V.S. Narayanaswamy,Motilal Street, T. Nagar

Mambalam Times popularabroad too

Sir, I am a resident of T. Nagar, now on a visitto Singapore.

Even on my trips abroad, I read MambalamTimes every week thanks to your uploading thesoft copy of the edition on your websitewww.mambalamtimes.in. I thank you for thesame as I do not miss out on the local news andhappenings even though stationed thousandsof miles away. However, what I want to relatehere is my chance meeting with some persons

from T. Nagar during my morning walk. Ittranspired that they also read Mambalam Timesevery week online. This shows the popularity ofyour paper even abroad and wish to thank youfor providing this facility.

I am sure it must be having a wide coverageelsewhere also, particularly among deep rootedChennaites like me. P. K. Subramanian,Aishwarya Apartments, Gandhi Street, T.Nagar, Ph: 98402 93321

Temple encroaches on road junctionin Ashok Nagar

Sir, It was recently highlighted in a leadingdaily with a photo that a Vinayagar temple islocated in the middle of Raghav Reddy Roadand 11th Avenue junction in Ashok Nagar.

I wish to point out that a number of localresidents and Resident Associations have beenappealing to Chennai Corporation to remove/relocate the shrine for the past several yearsas it is causing hardship to motorists, espe-cially on auspicious days when the temple getscrowded, and the road margins also get blockedby the vehicles of the devotees.

No action has been taken all these years,and the temple is also being renovated now.While there are similar encroachments in manyparts of the city, most are small templesoccupying pavements. But this temple is al-most blocking half the road junction.

I hope that the officials concerned take quicksteps to remove the shrine from the junction.R. Elangovan, 11th Avenue, K.K. Nagar

Open manhole in pavement posesdanger

Sir, The open manhole in the pavement ofTirumalai Pillai Road, near Habibulla Roadjunction, T. Nagar, near Vasanth Apartmentsposes a danger to pedestrians. Sundararaman,T. Nagar

Post Office campaigns for savingsschemes

Sir, T. Nagar Head Post Office recently con-ducted a week-long campaign on post officesaving schemes in Kamakodi Flats(Rameswaram Road, T. Nagar). The staff, ledby J. Sathyanarayanan (Public Relations In-spector), conducted the campaign. More than50 residents opened savings accounts.

Individuals and Resident Associations whowant to organize such campaigns in their pre-mises, may contact Sathyanarayanan in98847 25071. Sooryan Basheer,Rameswaram Road, T. Nagar

Appeal to increase ceiling on SeniorCitizen Deposit Scheme

Sir, The present ceiling of Rs.15 lakhs perindividual under Senior Citizen Deposit Scheme(SCSS) was fixed some years back.

With the cost of living going up periodically,I request the Government to increase theceiling to Rs.25 lakhs without reduction in therate of interest. This will help many seniorcitizens to meet the increase in the cost ofliving, which includes high increase in the ex-penses like premium on mediclaim policies.

This will also dissuade senior citizens frominvesting in high risk investment plans forgetting higher returns.

Will the authorities concerned look into thisaspect? V. R. Sridhar, 23/11, VeerasamiStreet, West Mambalam, Ph: 98845 68963

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ASHOK NAGAR,commercial corner property,80 ft on Main Road, 1710sq.ft, vacant land, price Rs.2.90 crores. Ph: 98404 42500.

ASHOK NAGAR, near 100ft Road, individual house, land3324 sq.ft, G+1 building, 2600sq.ft each, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 3 covered car parks,30 ft Road, price Rs. 6.75crores. Ph: 98404 42500.

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KODAMBAKKAM, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1100sq.ft, 1 year old, un used flat,UDS 400 sq.ft, covered carparking, lift, north facing, PriceRs. 11000 per sq.ft. Contact:Babuji, Ph: 89398 72345.

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near Bus Terminus, primelocation, 2600 sq.ft, 3bedrooms, hall, kitchen,independent house, 1st floor,car park, commercial orresidential. Ph: 98408 07181.

WEST MAMBALAM, F11,Vishal Flats, 5, Vivekan-andapuram 1st Street, behindAyodhya Mandapam, 460sq.ft, single bedroom, hall,kitchen, 1st floor, newlypainted, small Brahmin familyonly, western toilet, rent Rs.12000. Ph: 94443 04919.

WEST MAMBALAM, 22,Chakrapani Street, duplex,mazzaine floor, 4 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 1800 sq.ft, 1stfloor, 2 balconies, covered carparking, rent Rs. 30000negotiable, family, bachelorsvegetarians only. Ph: 6374743345, 94442 07122.

WEST MAMBALAM, 36,Lake View Road, 480 sq.ft, 1bedroom, hall, kitchen, 2nd

floor, no lift, 2-wheeler parking,semi furnished, in-built watertank, vegetarians only, visiton Saturday & Sunday, nobrokers. Ph: 99403 00119.

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Avenue, near Blue Water Tank& Ashok Pillar, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, balcony, bathattached, 1st floor apartment,rent Rs. 17000, advance 6months, wood work, car park.Ph: 98403 60785, 9841193685.

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ASHOK NAGAR, 3, R.R.Colony, 12th Avenue,spacious, 1600 sq.ft, 3bedrooms, hall, pooja, modularkitchen, wardrobes, balcony,covered car park, 1st floor,occupation from 1st

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T. NAGAR, 15, Durai-swamy Road, next to PothysCar parking, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 1100 sq.ft, 1st floor,independent house, open carpark, 24 hours water, Brahminsonly, rent Rs. 23000. Ph: 9566217636, 2434 1601.

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floor, rent Rs. 10000, 24 hourswater. Contact: Sri Sanjana,Ph: 98847 14991, 9841321499.

SAIDAPET, MuruganApartment, 2/3/4, 1st lane, VGPRoad, 515 sq.ft, singlebedroom, rent Rs. 7500,advance Rs. 40000, forHindus, govt. employees orvegetarians preferred, visit onSaturday & Sunday, from 5p.m to 7 p.m. Ph: 09871408370.

WEST MAMBALAM, 16,Rajagopal Chetty Street,behind Ayodya Mandapam,850 sq.ft, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 1st floor, independentbuilding, 24 hours water, rentRs. 13000. Ph: 94441 40340.

WEST MAMBALAM, T-10,Mahalakshmi Flat, Stage-5,Lakshmi Street, 1 bedroom,hall, kitchen, small vegetarianBrahmin family, 2 lifts/CCTV,2-wheeler parking, rentRs.11000, no brokers. Ph:94446 96139, 90031 52803.

WEST MAMBALAM, 13,Postal Colony, 1st Street,Kamatchipuram, ground floor,2 bedrooms flat, 2-wheelerparking only, Brahmins/vegetarian family only, rentRs. 17000 + maintenance, nobrokers. Ph: 98400 96329.

T.NAGAR, 7, VijayaRaghava Road, 4 bedroom,hall, kitchen, independentduplex house, 2000 sq.ft, carpark, lift, east facing,residence Rs. 45000, officeRs. 60000. Contact: Babuji,Ph: 89398 72345.

WEST MAMBALAM, 3/2,Janaki Ammal Street, nearThanjavur Mess, bedroom,hall, kitchen, western toilet,only small Brahmin/vegetarianfamily/retired persons. Ph:94441 50314, 88386 43030.

WEST MAMBALAM, 5,Krishnan Street, GovindanRoad, 1800 sq.ft, commercialspace. Ph: 97899 09781,95662 21166.

K.K. NAGAR West, 6,Jawahar Street, nearPondicherry Guest House/Vani Vidayalaya/PSBBSchools, 1st floor, 1 bedroom,hall, kitchen, car park,Brahmins only. 99625 65414.

ASHOK NAGAR, 165, 15th

Avenue, near KFC, 1000 sq.ft,2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 3rd

floor, 2-wheeler parking, rentRs. 12000 + maintenance, 6months advance, family/bachelors/office. Ph: 7305344555.

ASHOK NAGAR, 18, 7th

Avenue, near AnjaneyarTemple, 4th floor, 1200 sq.ft,2 bedrooms, hall, modularkitchen, fully wood work,covered car park, security,CCTV, power back-up, lift, 1A/c, rent Rs. 24000 +maintenance Rs. 2000. Ph:97105 85571, 93805 66667.

MTC launches 12M route fromPoonamallee to Luz via T. Nagar

MTC has introduced new bus route number12M from Poonamallee to Luz via K. K. Nagar,West Mambalam and T. Nagar.

It replaces 49A route and covers more localitiessuch as Teynampet, Alwarpet and Mylapore.

The bus plies via Mount Poonamallee Road(Karayanchavadi, Kumananchavadi, Kattu-pakkam, Iyappathangal, Porur); Arcot Road(Valasarawakkam, Alwarthirunagar, Virugam-bakkam, Saligramam); K. K. Nagar (N.S.K Salai,West Vijayaraghavapuram, P. V. RajamannarSalai, Munuswamy Salai, Anna Main Road);Ashok Nagar (1st Avenue, 11th Avenue, 7thAvenue, 49th Street, metro station); WestMambalam (Postal Colony 3rd Street, AryaGowda Road, Brindavan Street, DuraiswamyRoad); T. Nagar (Usman Road, Prakasam Road,Thyagaraya Road), Teynampet metro station,Alwarpet (T.T.K. Road); and Mylapore (MusiriSubramanian Road and Karpagambal Nagar).

14 buses with a frequency of 20 minutes areoperated on this route. The first and last servicefrom Poonamallee terminus is 4.30 a.m. and 7.45p.m. respectively.

Cine and Carnatic musiccontest on Aug. 18

Nalaiya Sigarangal (2/41, 11th CrossStreet, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Adambakkam) willconduct its 18th music competition on Sunday,Aug. 18 in Ramakrishna Mission High School(Dhandapani Street, T. Nagar). The contest willbe held in Carnatic, cine music and musicalinstruments. The winners will get an opportu-nity to perform in Nalaiya Sigarangal’s upcomingmusic shows. Those interested in participating,may contact A. S. Raman in 94444 21264 or 7397476349 for registration, or sending an email withfull particulars to nalaiyasigarangal @gmail.com

Parking inhibits civic workunder Smart City projectBy Our Staff Reporter

While the work on the Pedestrian Plazaproject in Pondy Bazaar is in full swing, newpavements are also under construction underthe Smart City project in VenkatanarayanaRoad and G. N. Chetty Road.

On these two roads, drains are also underconstruction to make provision for laying stormwater drains and separate channels for utili-ties like EB and broadband cables so that thepavements or roads need not be dug for repairsor maintenance.

But the work is getting inhibited by parkingof vehicles on both sides of the road.

The authorities should enforce ‘No Parking’in locations where the drains are coming up tospeed up the work.

1,008 devotees on padayatrato MelmaruvathurBy Our Staff Reporter

1008 devotees have started their pilgrimageby foot from Bazullah Road (T. Nagar) toparticipate in the Aadi Pooram festival to beheld till Aug. 5 in MelmaruvathurAdhiparasakthi Siddhar Peedam (Melmaru-vathur).

The yatra has been organised by PeramburAdhiparasakthi Vazhipaadu Mandram.

Venkatasamy (Adhiparasakthi templetreasurer), Natarajan (Founder, Elders WelfareAssociation) and Murugaya (Retired PoliceOfficer) are participating in the yatra.

Colour stickers to mark buildingshaving rain harvesting

Corporation workers are pasting blue stick-ers outside buildings found to have rain waterharvesting systems.

Those which install the structure after therecent inspections will be given green stickersto help identify the old rainwater structuresand new ones. “So far we have not givenstickers of any colour to non-complying build-ings,” said a Corporation official.

He said that after inspecting 1.4 lakh inde-pendent houses and apartment complexes,and finding that 41,000 of them do not haverain water harvesting structures, Chennai Cor-poration started colour-coding buildings to dif-ferentiate the compliant ones from the others.

The colour coding will help it assess theprogress and achieve the goal.

“For those who do not have rain water har-vesting structures, we will provide technicaladvice and use Resident Associations to spreadawareness,” the official said.

Two-way traffic resumes atNandanam junction

A section of Anna Salai from Nandanam Junc-tion to Gemini flyover has finally been made two-way, eight years after it was made one-way tofacilitate construction of the Chennai Metro.

Since 2011, barring MTC buses, vehicles fromSaidapet proceeding to Teynampet had to turnleft at Nandanam junction to take ChevalierSivaji Ganesan Salai and Boag Road to reachGemini flyover.

But henceforth, this arrangement will change.Vehicles coming from Saidapet side, can head

straight to Teynampet, turn right for ChamiersRoad and will be allowed a free left towardsVenkatanarayana Road. Also, vehicles comingfrom Chamiers Road can head straight towardsVenkatnarayana Road or take a right turn to-wards Anna Salai or left turn to reach Saidapet.

Vehicles coming from Venkatnarayana Roadcan go straight to Chamiers Road, or turn righttowards Saidapet or left towards Teynampet.

Woman ends life followingpolice interrogationBy Our Staff Reporter

46-year-old Parvathy was found dead on themorning of July 31 in her house in T. Nagar,soon after she was detained and interrogatedby police in a case relating to a year-old bur-glary of gold and cash from former Union min-ister P. Chidambaram’s house in Chennai.

According to her relative, the police had beenrepeatedly questioning her and her familymembers for over 3 months in connection withthe burglary.

The burglary case dates back to July 8,2018, when around Rs 1.5 lakh in cash and anunspecified quantity of gold jewelry went miss-ing from Chidambaram’s house in KhaderNawaz Khan Road, Nungambakkam.

According to the police, the suspect Viji(housemaid) had given a bag with gold jewels toParvathy’s son-in-law Subash and Subashhad kept it in Parvathy’s house for safety.Later, Subash returned the bag to Viji, but sheclaims around 300 sovereigns in the bag weremissing.

It is said that on July 28, Parvathy and herfamily members were detained by the police forinterrogation and were let off around 1.30 a.m.

Frustrated over this, she killed herself in thewee hours.

Further investigation is on.

Water table rises after recentrainsBy Our Staff Reporter

Groundwater levels have improvedmarginally in some parts of the city includingthis neighbourhood after the thundershowersin mid-July, according to a study by RainCentre, a voluntary organisation in the city.

The groundwater level in West Mambalamhas improved from a depth of 8.1 m in June to7.4 m in July.

According to the study, the recent showershave also arrested rapid depletion in thegroundwater table in areas such as T. Nagar.

A number of neighbourhood residents whohave wells or borewells, have stopped buyingwater from Metrowater or private tankersuppliers in the last couple of weeks.

Sekar Raghavan (Director, Rain Centre)said several residents are now ready to harnessrainwater as it mitigated water shortage.

3 Corporation School studentscreate portable voting system

Three students, Pradeep Kumar, M. V. Jebinand P. Jayachandar, of Pathipaga Chemmal K.Ganapathy Government Higher SecondarySchool (Kodambakkam) have created a portablebiometric voting system that can help voters toexercise their fundamental right anytime andanywhere. “This year’s election recorded thehighest voter turnout of 67.11%. We want toensure that the number is 100% and even thoseliving in remote villages and have troubleaccessing polling booths cast their votes usingthis machine,” said 14-year-old Pradeep (a Std. 10student). “We were brainstorming on scientificinventions that can help solve national issues.We thought of child safety, women’s safety,preserving water and then while following therecent assembly elections, we zeroed in on this,”said Jebin (studying in Std. 11). Unlike thetraditional method, where voters have to carryidentity documents, in this system they do nothave to. The system will be linked with an IOT(internet of things) software, which will in turnbe fed with the Aadhaar details of voters. All thata person has to do is get his/her fingerprints andretina scanned in the machine and cast his/hervote. The machine will not accept a second attemptto vote; it will show ‘already voted’.

The machine can be placed outside any publicoffice in any part of the country and can beaccessed by voters who live in far off places, butstruggle to get to the booths.

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By Our Staff ReporterAfter the recent showers, the vertical garden on the pillars of G. N. Chetty Road flyover under the Smart City Mission is

giving a pleasing look.The plants, which had started to wither two months back, are growing well and are spread out evenly.

Rains breathe life into vertical garden on G. N. Chetty flyover

Before Now

By Our Staff ReporterMany residents, especially

senior citizens, have appealedfor cash payment option forpayment of water tankersbooked under the new ‘Dial forWater 2.0’ scheme launchedby Metrowater on July 28.

At present, cash payment

Appeal for offline paymentoption for booking watertankers

option is available only for3000-liter tankers.

R. Lakshmanan (a residentof Veerasamy Street, WestMambalam) said he has todepend on others to book/payonline as he does not have adebit or credit card.

According to PrabhuShankar (ED, Metrowater),online payment was mademandatory to reduce fake ormultiple bookings.

He said that more than 6000bookings were made in the firstfive days under the newscheme. 2200 bookings weremade on the first day and anaverage of 1000 on the next 4days.

Of the 12,000 trips a day,2,500 trips are for its dial forwater scheme.

Talk on ‘SuperMind’ in AnnaiDhyana MaiyamBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Annai Dhyana Maiyam(Bakthavatchalam Street,West Mambalam) hasorganised a special talk on ‘Su-per Mind’ by A. V. RameshKumar at 6 p.m and medita-tion at 7 p.m on Thursday, Aug.8.

All are welcome. Those interested in perform-

ing pushpanjali or need per-sonal counselling may contactAnnai Adigal (Founder) in98414 25456.

VishnuSahasranaamamchanting ingoshala on FridayBy Our Staff Reporter

Chennai Group of Sri VishnuSahasranaamam Mandalishas organised mass chantingof Sri Vishnu Sahasra-naamam at 10 a.m on Friday,Aug. 9 in Goshala (SankaraMutt, Kasi Viswanathar KovilStreet, West Mambalam) onthe occasion of the birth starday of Kanchi Sri MahaPeriyavaa (Anusham).

All are welcome. More detailscan be had in 95001 77505.

Lukewarm response to bicyclehiring scheme, pavements

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By Our Staff ReporterThe response to the bicycle hiring scheme launched by

Chennai Corporation in T. Nagar two weeks back has evokedpoor response.

On the contrary, with bikes not being hired, they are blockingthe pavement forcing pedestrians to walk on the road.

Civic activists are demanding dedicated spaces for thesebicycles.

The scheme has been launched in several locations in theneighbourhood.

The long boards with ‘Smart Bike’ stickers are also blockingthe pavement in addition to the bikes parked in front of them.

M. Shyamala (a student of a local college) told MambalamTimes that the roads are not bicycle friendly. “I live in LakeView Road and own a bicycle, but prefer to commute by publictransport due to safety and convenience. My parents areagainst my cycling except for small errands”, she said.

The photo shows bicycles under the scheme parked on thepavement of Thyagaraya Road in T. Nagar.

Talk on Thiru Arutpa onTuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of Vallalar Sanmarga Sangam (V.O.CStreet, MGR Nagar, Ph: 94453 43706), M. B. Babu will give adiscourse on ‘Thiru Arutpa’’ on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 6 p.m, inSakthi Vinayagar Temple (P. T. Rajan Salai, K. K. Nagar).

All are welcome.