Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) Concerns over women’s safety in Chennai continue to shape everyday decisions – from choosing travel routes to avoiding late-evening journeys altogether. To better understand these challenges and identify gaps in urban safety, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is preparing to roll out a fresh, citywide assessment of how women experience public spaces and public transport.The project, estimated to cost Rs 19.78 lakh, is expected to be completed over a period of more than …
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Chennai, Jan 1 (IANS) Chennai is set to get a dedicated public women’s cancer screening centre at Thousand Lights by February.The facility, being established at a cost of Rs 1.23 crore, will offer free screening services for breast, cervical and ovarian cancers – affecting women in Tamil Nadu the most.The three-storeyed centre will be operated by the Greater Chennai Corporation’s Health Department and will function from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all days except Sundays.It will be equipped with a mammo…
Chennai, Dec 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian on Saturday inspected the ‘Stalin for Health’ medical camp organised at the Government Higher Secondary School campus in Kannagi Nagar, under the Greater Chennai Corporation’s Sholinganallur zone. The camp forms part of the State government’s flagship public healthcare initiative aimed at providing comprehensive medical services at the grassroots level.Speaking to reporters after inspecting the facilities, the …
Chennai, Dec 25 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called upon Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to fulfil long-pending electoral promises made to the people of Kolathur, particularly with regard to the removal of encroachments on water bodies in the constituency. In a press release issued on Thursday, A.N.S. Prasad, State Spokesperson of the Tamil Nadu BJP, said the issue had acquired renewed urgency following a recent order of the Madras High Court directing authoritie…
Chennai, Dec 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Monday reiterated that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government had opposed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls right from the outset, warning that the limited time frame prescribed for the exercise would lead to large-scale deletions. Addressing reporters in Chennai, he said the party’s concerns had now been validated, with an unexpected spike in the number of voters removed from the rolls….