anakaputhur

In Pallavaram, DMK and AIADMK are backing their allies, DMDK and IJK respectively, despite internal disappointment. AIADMK leverages its 'two leaves' symbol, while DMK highlights DMDK's candidate's experience. Residents face issues like water scarcity and infrastructure neglect, potentially influencing the outcome. The 'Vijay factor' also looms as a disruptor.

Police are searching for a man who posed as an Indian Revenue Service officer. He married a woman and then fled with 30 sovereigns of gold jewellery and 27 lakh in cash. The man had made false claims about his identity and profession. He had also collected money from several people promising government jobs.

anakaputhur residents are hoping the state government will step in to break the deadlock between the highways department and the air force so that they get a flyover that they have been awaiting.

Natural Fibre Weavers Assn president C Sekar said handloom units in anakaputhur, in Chennai's western suburbs, were now confined to just two streets.

Police arrested a 44-year-old man on Sunday for killing his wife following an altercation anakaputhur, Vinayagam on Saturday.

The state highways department and local residents have sought the intervention of the Kancheepuram collector to re-start the stalled work on a flyover across the Adyar river in anakaputhur. It was stopped last week by officials of the Tambaram Air Force Station.

Residents of anakaputhur in Pammal, who used to receive piped water supply just once a week, will get water three times a week from October. Metrowater will begin its water supply improvement scheme, worth 18.88 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. “We are mostly dependent on groundwater due to poor piped water supply,” said Ganesan T, a resident of anakaputhur.

Residents of Pammal and anakaputhur municipalities will soon get underground sewage connections. Metrowater has been handed over construction of the system after the Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT) said sewage from both the localities was draining into the Adyar river and proposed the system that would also help in the ongoing ecological restoration of the river. Construction is expected to begin in about 10 days and is scheduled to be completed in 18 months.

A new municipal office and a bus terminus in anakaputhur, some 20kms south of Chennai, constructed many months ago, are yet to be opened to the public.

A team from China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is in anakaputhur to learn from its weavers the art of making garments from natural fibres, especially banana. Guangxi Zhuang reportedly accounts for over one-fourth of China's total banana production of 80 lakh tonnes annually.

Pallavaram and its surrounding areas have seen significant development over the past 20 years, with gated communities and other amenities. However, the roads leading to the airport, which many professionals live near, are in terrible condition. Heavy traffic and recent rains have made travel on these state highways difficult, causing frustration for residents. The state highways department has proposed widening the roads, but progress has been slow due to encroachments and land acquisition issues. Residents are calling for better roads and improvements to ease their commuting troubles.

The Adyar river bed under anakaputhur bridge is being used as a garbage dump. Residents allege that the garbage is from IT firms on Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR).

Residents in southern suburbs of the city are hoping that the announcement of local body elections will force authorities to swiftly address a melange of civic issues in their areas.

A team from China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is in anakaputhur to learn from its weavers the art of making garments from natural fibres, especially banana. Guangxi Zhuang reportedly accounts for over one-fourth of China's total banana production of 80 lakh tonnes annually.

Two conmen swindled a 70-year-old woman’s gold chain, weighing five sovereigns, at anakaputhur here on Monday night.

Chennai's Water Resources Department will evict over 600 families from anakaputhur's Adyar riverbank next week, resettling them in TNUHDB tenements. This action follows resolved legal challenges and prolonged negotiations. The move aims to clear encroachments, with 75% already addressed. Remaining settlements include Mallippoo Nagar and Saidapet.

Water bodies in the southern suburbs of Pammal and anakaputhur have begun to stink from the sewage flowing into them unchecked. This has also affected the quality of groundwater in the area.

Valli starts her day at the anakaputhur natural fibre textile cluster at 10 am. Amid the beating sound of the loom, the 55-year-old and three of her co-workers meditatively design a sari from vetiver a herbal fibre and cotton. But little do they know that the sari is for Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

Police said Shabeer Ahmed of anakaputhur.He told neighbours he was a CBI officer and had a siren fixed to his car and had a fake identity card.

Dumping of biomedical waste continues unabated on riverbeds and vacant plots on the city’s outskirts in areas including Thiruneermalai, Kundrathur, anakaputhur and Vandalur. Civic activists, concerned about the dumping, have questioned the role of authorities in preventing the menace.

A conservancy worker died and his wife and her brother sustained injuries when a truck hit them at anakaputhur near Pallavaram here on Monday night.