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Updated: Share Article AAA In commemoration of Earth Day, around 200 residents participated in a tree- planting drive, in Velachery. The initiative brought various residents’ associations of Velachery together, with the support of non-governmental organisations. The residents’ associations are from VGP Selva Nagar, Park Avenue, Annai Indira Nagar, Balakrishna Nagar, Udhayam Nagar, Anna Nagar, Venus Colony, Seshadripuram, and Sarathi Nagar. Association apartments included Anmol Flats and Ramaniyam Marvel. The NGOs that supported the exercise by supplying tree saplings are: Exnora International, Nizhal Trust, Kattabomman Friend’s Club, Save Velachery Water Bodies Forum and Green Society Welfare Association. “We call this campaign ‘Green Velachery’. The saplings were planted along the median of Link Road which runs along Taramani and Perungudi MRTS railway stations; and on the roads around a park at VGP Selva Nagar. The campaign seeks to enhance ....
Sparing a kind thought for the elderly Updated: Updated: TANSI Nagar Association has helped a handful of mobility-challenged seniors get the ‘jab’ at home Share Article TANSI Nagar Association has helped a handful of mobility-challenged seniors get the ‘jab’ at home The thought of taking his 84-year-old father who had a mobility problem to the vaccination camp was weighing on G. Vaidhyanathan’s mind. TANSI Nagar Welfare Association made it easier for this resident of Church Gate Avenue in Velachery. A week ago, at the vaccination camp organised by the Association with Greater Chennai Corporation, the Association communicated Vaidhyanathan’s situation to a GCC staff. The staff then visited Vaidhyanathan’s house and vaccinated his elderly father. ....
Several streets in Velachery face severe sewage overflow Updated: Updated: December 16, 2020 03:33 IST The area, which was hit by heavy flooding in the first week of December, has been seeing sewage overflow Share Article Sewage overflowing from a manhole in Velachery. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The area, which was hit by heavy flooding in the first week of December, has been seeing sewage overflow Despite the rains having stopped more than a week ago, several sewer manholes in Velachery are still overflowing and causing severe hardship to residents. Several streets in Velachery, which were hit by heavy flooding in the first week of December, have been seeing sewage overflow. ....