The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has relocated 66 homeless people, including 23 children, from the pavements near Chepauk Stadium and Peters Road to shelter homes on Marina Beach. The group, comprising 18…
Greater Chennai Corporation completed 57 of 63 flood-mitigation works recommended by the Thiruppugazh Committee at Rs 307.51 crore, but the 600-page panel report remains unpublished, The Hindu reports. Four works are in…
Dengue cases in Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) areas have crossed 4,500 in 2026, while the state has recorded 20,000 cases, Principal Secretary to the Health Department Darez Ahamed said on Sunday, 4…
Greater Chennai Corporation has directed the National Highways Authority of India to remove all boulders, embankments and temporary pathways built along the Cooum River for the Chennai Port-Maduravoyal elevated corridor work by…
Greater Chennai Corporation commissioner G.S. Sameeran said the storm-water drain work on Kaliyamman Koil Street, where it meets the Virugambakkam canal, will be completed in two weeks. He inspected the ₹30 crore…
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) plans to set up an Amma Canteen at Omandurar Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital, projecting annual sales of Rs 16.43 lakh from an estimated 150 beneficiaries per…
Nearly 97% of Greater Chennai is classified as having moderate-to-high flood risk, prompting home buyers to prioritise flooding and extreme weather when choosing where to live. The finding comes from an analysis…
Chennai hospitals are seeing a steady rise in fever cases as dengue and influenza viruses circulate. A senior government doctor said both infections are in line with the seasonal trend from September…
The Greater Chennai Corporation has identified 219 flood-prone locations across the city, including areas along the ECR and OMR, based on flooding during the 2015, 2021 and 2023 monsoons. Corporation Commissioner G…
A 20-year-old Anna University student died of scrub typhus and not dengue at Kilpauk Medical College Hospital on Friday, the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine clarified on Saturday. Harish, a…
