The Hindu:
On Vellakinar-Ganapathy road, ambulances find it hard to reach a government hospital. Corporation officials say the Highways Department will repair roads it owns and the civic body will restore the rest.
The Hindu:
The stream includes expired medicines, batteries, lamps and household electronic waste; conservancy workers take it to a facility at Vairapalayam for further handling. The system is intended to keep it separate from regular municipal waste.
The Hindu:
The Greater Chennai Corporation says the pathway was damaged in the 2023 monsoon, repaired multiple times and partly damaged during a 2024 air show; it says the current design was finalised with disability-rights groups and other stakeholders.
The Hindu:
Energy Minister C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar said the state planned to draw about 1,500 MW of higher-cost power between October 15 and 31, mainly during the six-hour evening peak; he estimated an additional cost of about ₹5 crore a day.
The Hindu:
School Education Minister Rajmohan said the revised timetable was released in Chennai. The two extracurricular and co-curricular periods may also be used for physical education, allowing activity on all five school days, according to the minister.