CHENNAI : Chennai has become vulnerable to tsunamis and cyclones following the destruction of coral reefs, which are natures defence against such disasters, said director of the Zoological Survey of India K Venkatraman.Speaking on the sidelines of a function organised to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity he told City Express that Chennai had been rendered vulnerable by the destruction of the citys coral reefs that acted as a...
08:44 AM, May 23, 2012
CHENNAI: Nuclear Power Corporation of India has insured Kudankulam nuclear plant under the Erection Always insurance cover of United India Insurance Company, according to chairman and managing director G Srinivasan.He said on Wednesday that besides Kudankulam, the insurance company is also providing insurance cover to Bhavini under the same scheme.P K Mahapatra, deputy GM of United India Insurance said the company is the sole insurer for Kudankulam nuclear plant, which...
10:44 AM, May 03, 2012
CHENNAI: Alandur Metro Rail station is the only one where two corridors of the metro rail intersect and passengers can switch the direction of travel at this station, according to Metro Rail sources. The sources said that Alandur would be a multi-level station where two corridors merge and the only interchange station among Chennai Metro Rail elevated stations. It will have four access points on the ground floor, which include...
07:27 AM, Apr 16, 2012
CHENNAI: In a bid to ease parking problems, town planners have proposed five multi-level parking lots totally worth Rs 75 crore at five important locations in the city. Presenting a paper Managing Parking Issues in Chennai', on the occasion of the golden jubilee year of the Institute of Town Planners, India, Tamil Nadu Regional Chapter, Chennai, A Shankar, senior vice-president " Strategic Consulting Jones Lang LaSalle, Chennai, India " said...
10:16 AM, Mar 19, 2012
CHENNAI: The desalination plants in Chennai are capital intensive and expensive and will force Metro Water to rethink its future finances, says a report of the Working Group on Urban and Industrial Water Supply and Sanitation for the 12th Five Year Plan. Two major desalination projects, at Nemelli and Minjur, had been started during the previous DMK regime. The report stated that high capital and operation and maintenance of desalination...
08:29 AM, Mar 17, 2012
CHENNAI: Design and construction of underground stations and associated tunnels are going on at a rapid pace as plans are on to integrate upcoming Metro Rail stations with existing modes of public transportation.Metro Rail sources said utility diversion work is in progress near the Gemini flyover, Teynampet and Chamiers Road underground stations. Sources also revealed that first stage of the traffic management plan has partly been implemented at the Gemini...
07:57 AM, Mar 14, 2012
![Destination America beckons tourists from Chennai]( "Destination America beckons tourists from Chennai")
Chennai: American travel firms are wooing South India and tourists from Chennai in particular, as the United States expects the Indian travel market to grow by 90 per cent. James Golsen, Principal Commercial Officer at the US Consulate, told City Express that South India, including Chennai, would be the factors that would help spearhead the growth in the travel industry. Although no concrete statistics were available, Nicholas J Manring, Chief...
08:47 AM, Mar 07, 2012
CHENNAI: The city will soon have its own urban transport policy with the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) working on plans in this regard. As efforts are on to ease congestion in the city, the CUMTA, which came into being in 2010, is chalking out a series of measures to make travelling easier. As the city is on a transition phase with massive projects changing its skyline, CUMTA, the...
08:31 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Chennai: In a bid to make the state slum-free, the Tamil Nadu government has selected nine urban agglomerations under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) for preparing proper rehabilitation plans. Official sources told Express that the likely nine cities are Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Tiruchy, Tirunelveli, Salem and Vellore. Sources said RAY may be extended to all 25 urban agglomerations with more than 1,00,000 population based on the 2011 census...
09:18 AM, Feb 25, 2012
CHENNAI: The stability in Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) and the dip in inflation are expected to spur the demand for residential properties in Chennai, according to a real estate research firm. Siva Krishnan, Head of residential services (Chennai), Jones Lang LaSalle India, told City Express on Friday that Chennais residential real estate market this year looked quite rosy. The increased job security in the sector...
07:58 AM, Feb 18, 2012
CHENNAI: The anxious moments for the traders of 26 commercial establishments in T Nagar got over on Tuesday evening as Chennai Corporation and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authorities unsealed the premises following the Supreme Court order. First the seal was broken, then the lock was opened and the notice was removed and then the shutters that were down for 70 days were opened. We are very happy. ItsPongal for us, said...
08:24 AM, Jan 11, 2012
It was the year when Chennai, chanting the mantra of Metro Rail, turned to the monorail along with the change in power equations in the State. As debates raged over what could be the better option for the city, the expansion of the Metro Rail came to a standstill and the Monorail became a preferred solution with many terming the Metro Rail project a cost intensive one that would take...
07:38 AM, Jan 02, 2012
CHENNAI: It was a message of peace and love from 5,000 Chennai-based Muslims to the world. Taking part in a procession to mourn the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad who was killed in the seventh century battle of Karbala in Iraq, they paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.As bare-chested children and men beat their blood-spattered chest with chains and hands to mourn the death of Imam, a...
08:24 AM, Dec 07, 2011
CHENNAI: Reservoirs in Chennai are almost full due to heavy rains across the state. Sources in the Public Works Department (PWD) said that the water would be sufficient to meet Chennais drinking water requirementsfor the next nine months. Highly-placed sources in the department told City Express that the Poondi, Cholavaram, Red Hills, Chembarambakkam and Veeranam reservoirs are 90 percent full. Authorities are maintaining a buffer of 90 per cent, anticipating...
08:33 AM, Nov 29, 2011
![Painful cancer deaths due to less awareness]( "Painful cancer deaths due to less awareness")
CHENNAI: India produces 97 per cent of legal morphine globally, but only three per cent is used by over one million Indians, who endure cancer pain and die agonising and undignified deaths due to lack of awareness, according to the Cancer Institute Chennai.E Vidhubala, Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator, Department of Psycho-oncology and Tobacco Cessation Centre, Cancer Institute (WIA), told Express that India had been strongly criticised by the World...
10:27 AM, Oct 12, 2011
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.
