C M Y MAMBALAM K TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam www.mambalamtimes.in Vol. 24, No. 13 1302nd Issue: August 18 - 24, 2018 Advt. Supplement Page II MAMBALAM TIMES August 18 - 24, 2018 C M Y T. NAGAR & MAMBALAM BAZAAR K This column is intended to help small businesses in & around T.Nagar and West Mambalam to have a cost-effective advertisement medium. Advertisement in this section will be in standard panel sizes of 4 cm. x 1 column (costing only Rs. 600) and 4 cm. x 2 column (costing Rs. 1200) Talk on Thiru Arutpa on Tuesday By Our Staff Reporter This space costs Under the auspices of Vallalar Sanmarga Rs. 600 only! Sangam (V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph: 94453 43706), Dr. N. Thillai Nayagam will give a discourse on ‘Thiru Arutpa’ on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 6 p.m, in Sakthi Vinayagar Temple (P. T. Rajan Salai, K. K. Nagar). All are welcome. Open drain poses Difference in road level hinders danger in Habibullah motorists Road By Our Staff Reporter Burkit Road and Venkatanarayana Roads were recently relaid without milling thereby leading to an increase in level by a couple of A slab is missing from a 2-ft stretch of the inches. stormwater drain at the junction of Habibullah A short stretch in the middle, at the junction of the two roads, was not Road and Periyar Road in T. Nagar. relaid thereby leading to difference in road levels. It poses a danger to pedestrians, especially It is inconveniencing motorists, especially 2-wheeler riders, who are at night due to poor visibility. at a risk of tripping and falling while riding over the uneven surface. C M Y MAMBALAM K TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam www.mambalamtimes.in Vol. 24, No. 13 1302nd Issue: August 18 - 24, 2018 FREE Nizhal maps trees in T. Nagar Metro Rail photo Donate relief materials for parks exhibition in flood affected in Kerala 42,000 copies Vadapalani station By Our Staff Reporter and Spectrum Mall (Paper Mills By Our Staff Reporter started in T. Nagar, it will be of this edition are from tomorrow Kerala is reeling under severe Road, Perambur). Nizhal (NGO which works extended to all the major parks On the occasion of World flooding caused by days of According to a volunteer, it delivered FREE for savings trees and improv- in the city, he added. Photography Day on Aug. 19, incessant rain leading to dispatched the first batch of ing greenery in the city) has A number of school students Chennai Metro Rail Limited overflowing of dams and relief materials to Palakkad every Saturday! launched a project to map the have volunteered to conduct (CMRL) and Photographic reservoirs. district and Idukki last week. trees in the parks in T. Nagar. the mapping. Society of Madras (PSM) will Many have been rendered Its volunteers are conduct- conduct a weeklong photo ex- homeless in the floods. ing a census of the trees that Few submit self hibition in Vadapalani metro Path (City-based NGO) has station from Aug. 19 to 25. includes name, photograph, set up collection points in the declaration form The exhibits will include shots city including in this current age and geographical on properties of metro project sites, yards, neighbourhood for donation of position. By Our Staff Reporter trains, stations and the el- relief materials such as A Nizhal volunteer told Of the 3-lakh forms for self evated corridors from angles raincoats and caps, clothes, Mambalam Times that declaration of properties not seen before, said an official. medicine, matchboxes, milk Natesan Park has 314 trees The exhibition will be open distributed by Chennai powder, ready-to-eat food, and Panagal Park 218 trees from 10 a.m to 8 p.m. biscuits, soaps and sanitary Corporation, only around apart from plants and shrubs. About 100 photos of the items (especially for women), 35000 have been submitted so He said that the list will be metro facilities captured by 38 mosquito repellents and far. professional photographers published online. candles. To ensure all properties are will be on display. The centers are located in While the exercise has been assessed properly, the Photographs of nature, ar- Naturals Lounge (South Boag Corporation had instructed chitecture, travel, wildlife, land- Road, T. Nagar), Bamboola scapes along with the winning residents to fill a form declaring (RA Puram), Shankar photos of the ‘Shoot Madras’ Netralaya Eye Hospital the details of their property - contest conducted as part of (Mandaveli), Mallika Ceebros either online or manually. Madras Day celebrations will (Pycrofts Garden Road, The exercise aims to ensure also be on display. Nungambakkam), Sunnyvale that errors are corrected as All are welcome. Apartments (Ayanavaram) most of the details were collected several years back, Resident appeals for relief and there could be changes. The Corporation has been material for floodhit victims sending SMS reminders to property owners. By Our Staff Reporter Swarna Bharathi (resident of Flat 2, 1st floor, Swathi Complex, 19, Bazullah Road, T. Nagar) is collecting relief material for sending to Kerala to help flood affected victims. She is coordinating the relief measure through ‘Do For Others’ organization in Kerala. She has appealed to the readers of Mambalam Times to contribute items like diapers, milk powder, under garments, tooth paste/brush/sanitary napkins, packaged drinking water, snacks, tea/coffee powder, disposable cups/plates/containers, bedsheets, towels, clothes, candles and matches. Swarna is a sculptor by profession. Her contact number is 99629 13199 The T. Nagar - Mambalam edition of Mambalam Times can be accessed in www.mambalamtimes.in Page 2 August 18 - 24, 2018 MAMBALAM TIMES C M Y Social work students celebrate Craft expo in Guntur Subbiah Pillai Vasantha K Independence Day with Memorial Cancer School today Centre terminally ill patients 10th anniversary tomorrow By Our Staff Reporter Vasantha Memorial Cancer Centre, run by Vasantha Me- morial Trust, Ashok Nagar, will celebrate its 10th anni- versary at 6 p.m on Sunday, Aug. 19 in Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, MCTM School campus, Mylapore. Bharathi Reddy (Trustee & CEO, Vijaya Group of Hospi- tals) will be the chief guest and confer the title of ‘Vasanth Uttam – foremost person’ on Dr. Srinivasaraman G (Ra- diologist, Anderson Diagnos- By Our Staff Reporter By Our Staff Reporter tics), Dr. S. Krishnan (Radia- Guntur Subbiah Pillai T. Nagar Girls’ School (35, Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar) has On the occasion of Independence Day, students of Madras tion Oncologist, Rai Memorial organised a craft expo from 10 a.m to 4 p.m on Saturday, Aug. 18 in its premises. School of Social Work visited and interacted with the inmates Hospital) and Dr. Dhanasekar The handicraft items have been made by the students of the school. of Karuna Saagar, a palliative care home for terminally ill P (Oncosurgeon, Recnac Sur- They include threaded jewellery, jute work, embroidery, kundan art, wood murals, paintings patients run by RMD Pain and Palliative Care Trust gery). and novelties. All are welcome. (Raghavaiah Road, T. Nagar) . The presentation ceremony According to Dr. Republica Sridhar (Managing Trustee), will followed by a Carnatic Karuna Saagar is taking care of 52 persons suffering from Debris dumped near waterway in music recital by T. M terminally ill diseases. .Krishna who will be accompa- She said that such interaction provides succour to the ailing Anna Main Road nied by Dr. R. Hemalatha (vio- patients. Her contact number is 93810 16558. By Our Staff lin), R. Sankaranarayanan Reporter (mridangam) and Alathur An unaut- Rajaganesh (kanjira). YMIA celebrates Independence horised build- All are welcome. Day ing adjacent to The hospital has treated the sewage nearly 10,000 patients and a By Our Staff Reporter canal in Anna sizeable number of them have The Young Men’s Indian Association Main Road, K. emerged as Cancer Victors. It distributed copies of a booklet containing K. Nagar was has also reached the basics Bhara thiyar’s poems to mark Indepen- sealed and about breast cancer to more dence Day. later demol- than 1.20 lakh women The National Flag was hoisted by R. P. ished by and motivated lakhs of chil- Krishnam machari (Vice President, Chennai Cor- dren to bring about a cance- YMIA) and a resident of Ashok Nagar. poration. free tomorrow. He is the MD of Tex Biosciences Pvt. The debris Ltd., Ashok Nagar. that has been Discourse on Had the honour of meeting piled near the retaining wall is likely to fall into the canal and block the flow of water. ‘͘ˆF ï£òù£˜’ Improperly filled trench hinders on Monday Atalji once By Our Staff Reporter By S. Shivpprasadh Panampattu Ravichandran I had the honour of meeting Atal Behari Vajpayee at my pedestrians Ganapathidasan will give a nephew’s wedding in Chennai in 2001. By Our Staff He fully witnessed the traditional Tamil Brahmin wedding Reporter discourse on ‘͘ˆF ï£òù£˜ and also enjoyed the food served in the traditional way in A long trench êKˆFó‹’ from 6.45 p.m to 8.30 banana leaf. dug by Metro- p.m on Monday, Aug. 20 in Kasi He was then the Prime Minister and attended the wedding of water workers to Viswanathar Temple (Kup- the first son of former BJP President Jana Krishnamoorthy repair an paiah Street, West Mam who is married to my eldest sister. underground balam). The marriage was held in Hotel Roof Top in Poonamallee pipeline on the It has been organized by High Road . ‘Þ¬øðE‚èöè Üø‚è†ì Though it was a small gathering, security was tight and only roadside in Moosa ’ (Iraipanikalaka Araka- invitees who carried invitation cards with were allowed at the Street, T.