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Filmmakers have always used the beach to represent love and life.. | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Filmmakers have always used certain symbols, motifs, and signifiers to represent ideas, concepts, and places. Over the many years, popular city landmarks, including the hotel Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai and the Cubbon Park in Bengaluru, have been…
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The high-density polyethylene ramp at Marina’s Blue Flag Beach. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is set to replace the existing accessible wooden ramp on Marina Beach with a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) ramp. The installation is expected to begin after the work order is issued later this month, officials said….
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The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is mulling cancellation of certain infrastructure projects, including the Global Sports City plan, beachfront development, and waterfront restoration plans, as it grapples with outstanding liabilities of roughly ₹3,500 crore. The liabilities are mainly due to the construction work, land acquisition amounting to ₹1,500 crore, and the Vada Chennai Valarchi Thittam, which…
What’s the claim? A video showing a heavily flooded road at night has been shared online, with claims that it depicts scenes from Chennai, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, following heavy rainfall caused by Cyclone Fengal. One user on X shared the video with the caption, “Marina Beach Road, Chennai.” Similar…
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Kanimozhi Karunanidhi’s reaction came after Air Force’s airshow at Marina Beach in Chennai. Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi today said the deaths of five people due to suspected heat stroke after an Indian Air Force show in Chennai was “very painful” and that “unmanageable gatherings” should be avoided, tacitly taking on the IAF…
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