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Velachery residents’ wait for a playground at Bethel Avenue continues Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA It is close to five years since Greater Chennai Corporation sanctioned a piece of open space reservation land at Bethel Avenue in VGP Selva Nagar in Velachery for developing it into a playground. However, the facility is not yet ready, except for a compound wall. “In fact, this piece of OSR land was originally planned for a park. As there is a good number of parks in Velachery, we felt the need for a playground. Hence, in 2017 we gave a petition to GCC requesting it develop its OSR land into a playground instead of a park. GCC officials also agreed to our request and they formally sanctioned it. We also asked for facilities like washrooms, provision of drinking water, lights, cement benches and a walkway. We insisted that we did not want any court for any particular sport. It should be a playground where anybody can play any game. Because, there is ....
Express News Service CHENNAI: Ahead of the Assembly elections, residents of Tambaram have two major demands. This includes construction of 15-km long metro railway line on Tambaram-Velachery route and upgrading Tambaram Municipality into an independent Corporation. “Tambaram has a massive urban population that travels to parts of Chennai and if the metro project fructifies, it would turn out to be extremely beneficial. This has been our proposal for several years, it was said that a feasibility study is ongoing. This project must concretely take shape,” says Sathish Kumar, a local resident. Recently, Deputy CM O Panneerselvam announced that a Detailed Feasibility Study was underway for the proposed Tambaram and Velachery metro railway line. A second important demand is to upgrade Tambaram Municipality into a Corporation comprising of nearby areas, including Chromepet. Pallavaram residents too have demanded for the same. ....
Express News Service CHENNAI: Officials had promised that by this time it would be better, but nothing has changed, complain residents of Velacherry as many parts of the locality are now under water after the rains in the city on Tuesday and Wednesday. While water from main roads are pumped out within a day, the interior roads are left waterlogged for days, they allege. Ram Nagar North Extension Second Street, Venkateshwara Street, First Cross Street, MGR Nagar and Kalki Nagar Main Road are some of the worst affected areas. Every time it rains, stagnant water, mixed with sewage and garbage, makes roads unmotorable. ....