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Chennai's newly added areas are experiencing rapid voter growth, far outpacing the stagnant core city. This surge, driven by affordable housing and proximity to IT hubs, highlights a critical need for infrastructure investment and timely project completion in these expanding zones. Experts urge a policy shift to match development with essential services.

The Chembur police are looking for a 30-year-old man who allegedly stabbed an autorickshaw driver who reportedly refused to give him money to buy liquor.

HYDERABAD: Chandrasekhar, a student of class VIII of Niraj Public School, Hyderabad, has won the gold medal at the 36th All India Child Art Club Uncle babjee’s painting competition.

HYDERABAD: An exhibition of prize-winning paintings, cartoons, dolls and toys made by children from all over the country will be on display at the Jawahar Bal Bhavan Art Gallery at Public Gardens from February 22 to 25.

With more than 40 flyovers of all sizes and shapes, Chennai is truly a city of flyovers. But there is hardly anything to brag about if the condition of space under these urban overpasses are of any indication. They are a mess and an eyesore.

East Godavari police have arrested six persons in connection with the murder of journalist Katha Satyanarayana, who worked with a vernacular daily. One more accused is absconding. Satyanarayana was hacked to death near his house at S Annavaram on the night of October 15.

Hoping to see a book festival in Amaravati on par with the one in New York, former city mayor Jandhyala Sankar urged the state government to spare at least 800 acres to Vijayawada Book Exhibition Society.

The roundabout at Koyambedu junction, which is marred by rampant encroachments, will shortly turn into a bustling green space with room for public leisure activities on the lines of Kathipara junction near Guindy.

In an attempt to curb the ganja menace in the Vizag tribal belt of Andhra Pradesh, the Visakha Rural Police destroyed the ganja fields on Saturday.

Greater Chennai Corporation has roped in 21 urban planners for all Singara Chennai 2.0 projects involving construction of buildings, bridges, urban primary health centres and others.

The last big park the city got was the 358-acre Adyar Eco Park in 2011. Since then, there has been little effort on the part of civic managers to set up large lung spaces despite a steady rise in population. Of 835 parks in the city, only 24 are classified as big parks (above 2.4 acres as per GCC). The added areas only have two big parks -one in Manali and the other in Sholinganallur.

Govt Promoting Shopping Over Reading, Fume Intellectuals

Chennai Corporation planned to reduce illegal stalls on Marina Beach by limiting vendors to 900, as per a 2020 court order. Following a review, they will now execute this plan and introduce amenities like play areas, theatres, and seating zones. New vending licenses and amenities are part of the project expected to begin soon.

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