urapakkam lake

Chengalpet revenue officials identified 562 houses on the northern side of a lake in Urapakkam, a suburb of Chennai, as encroachments and assured the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that squatters will be evicted within six months.

Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) rescued 15 people, including a dog, from Urapakkam's flooded homes. Continuous rain led to the inundation, prompting a distress call. TNFRS, with 70 personnel ready for further incidents, remains vigilant amidst cyclone predictions and tree falls across Chennai.

A 30-year-old man killed his friend who was in a relationship with his wife, near Tiruvallur on Thursday night.

National Green Tribunal Southern Zone (NGT SZ) has directed the Chengalpet district collector to remove all encroachments on Karanai-Puducherry lake at Urapakkam, a suburb of Chennai.

An Indian Air Force trainer jet crashed into a lake at Iyyancherry in Urapakkam, 30km south of Chennai, at 10.30am on Tuesday. One of the two airmen in the Kiran HJT-16 aircraft was injured in the incident.

The National Green Tribunal Southern Zone (NGT SZ) is directly monitoring the pollution and encroachment status of at least a dozen water bodies in and around the city. Despite that, the squatters remain unremoved.

Incessant rain since Friday night hit vehicular traffic on GST Road and cut off Tambaram-Sriperumbudur road on Saturday after several portions were flooded. Residential areas in the southern and western suburbs including Guduvanchery and Avadi were inundated, and boats had to be pressed into service. The floods have again exposed encroachment of water bodies and flood plains in Chengalpet, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts.

After much delay, the sunray-shaped Kilambakkam bus terminus will be thrown open to the public in June by chief minister MK Stalin. It will be named after DMK leader M Karunanidhi as ‘Kalaingar centenary bus terminus’.

Santosh B, an entrepreneur, works round the clock all through the week. But that doesn’t stop her from driving 56km on weekends to find the perfect mangoes for herself and her kids. Santosh is one of several Chennaiites who don’t just shop around their locality for mangoes but go on road trips crossing rivers, farms, lands, ponds, and lakes, in search of the season’s golden prize.

The Army has put in total 40 rescue and relief teams and five engineer teams for carrying out rescue operations in the most critical areas of Chennai.

Pounded twice in November by heavy spells of rain, Chennai was brought to its knees by a third knock on Tuesday, yet it fought back.