Devotees visiting Sri Venkateswara Swamy Vaari Temple in Tirumala on Friday faced several problems ranging from hampered Darshan to difficulty in reaching hotels as a heavy rain battered the city under the influence of Mandous cyclone.

Cyclone Mandous maintaining its intensity of ‘Severe Cyclonic Storm’ till the early morning hours today, the National Disaster Response Force team were kept on standby in Chennai, informed officials on Friday. Chennai: In view of the cyclone Mandous maintaining its intensity of ‘Severe Cyclonic Storm’ till the early morning hours... The post appeared first on .

Cyclone Mandous maintaining its intensity of ‘Severe Cyclonic Storm’ till the early morning hours today, the National Disaster Response Force team were kept on standby in Chennai, informed officials on Friday. Chennai: In view of the cyclone Mandous maintaining its intensity of ‘Severe Cyclonic Storm’ till the early morning hours... The post appeared first on .

In view of the cyclone Mandous maintaining its intensity of 'Severe Cyclonic Storm' till the early morning hours today, the National Disaster Response Force team were kept on standby in Chennai, informed officials on Friday.

In view of the cyclone Mandous maintaining its intensity of 'Severe Cyclonic Storm' till early morning hours today, three districts of Tamil Nadu were given a red alert, informed officials on Friday.

The Greater Chennai Corporation on Saturday announced that the 'permanent ramp' at Marina Beach would be functional from November 27.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): Tetra Pak, a world leading packaging and processing solutions company, recognized the world over for their focus on sustainability has joined hands with Chennai based Earth Recycler to accelerate the recycling of used Tetra Pak cartons in the city.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 5 (ANI): Following a surge in COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, Greater Chennai Corporation on Tuesday made it mandatory for people in Chennai to wear face masks failing which a fine of Rs 500 will be levied on the individual by the officials concerned.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 27 (ANI): COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu witnessed a sharp rise as the state reported 1,472 fresh infections on Sunday, pushing the active caseload to 7,458, according to the State health bulletin.

Chennai Mar 21 PTI The Greater Chennai Corporation is proposing to cancel the licenses issued to the shops and other establishments which continue to sell banned plastic items in the city A submission to this effect was made by Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner Gagandep Singh Bedi in his counter-affidavit filed before the Madras High Court on Monday The counter was filed in response to a writ petition from the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Plastic Manufacturers Association challenging an order of the Tamil Nadu government issued in June 2018 banning production and sale of 14 types of plastic items from January 1 2019 The counter stated that from August 19 2021 to March 18 this year a total of 47961 shops were inspected and 20056 kg of banned plastics were seized and Rs 3650 lakh was collected towards penalties Meetings with the stake-holders and awareness programmes were being conducted The Corporation staff especially the Sanitary Inspectors had been asked to go for daily checks of shops and establishments where there is still possibility of use of single use plastics The shops that repeatedly sell their goods in single use plastic carry bags will be liable for their trade licenses cancellation besides closure and sealing It is the endeavor of GCC to go for daily checks seizures finding of violators and closuressealing of defaulting establishments besides other measures At the same time GCC will promote proactively the use of plastic alternatives to ensure a healthy environment for the city It was also intensifying its drive to separate plastic from its legacy waste in the dumping grounds bail it into cuboidal compacted blocks and send it to the pyrolysis burners of cement factories so as to reduce the plastics in the soil and legacy waste Already this process is being pursued and it will be intensified further by the Corporation A division bench of Justices S Vaidyanathan and P T Asha before which the counter was filed today pointed out that the banned plastic items are still in use Directing the authorities to tighten its vigil in border areas and implement the ban more effectively the bench adjourned the matter to June PTI CORR SA SA