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FREE1126th Issue : December 24 - 30, 2016Vol. 22, No. 31

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T. NAGAR BAZAARThis 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. 500) and 4 cm. x 2 column (costing Rs. 1000)

ISKCON programs inneighbourhoodBy Our Staff Reporter

International Society for Krishna Conscious-ness (ISKCON) conducts programs in the fol-lowing venues:

Residence of Priya (1075, MunuswamyNaidu Salai, K. K. Nagar, Ph: 94440 63643): 7p.m to 9 p.m on Mondays: ‘Bhakti Vriksha’;8.30 a.m to 9.30 a.m from Monday to Satur-day: Srimad Bhaga-vadham classes.

Residence of S. Sowjanya (A-6, Ashok ViharApartments, 21/20, 11th Avenue, AshokNagar, Ph: 94452 12281): 7 p.m to 9 p.m onTuesdays: ‘Bhakti Vriksha’.

Residence of Venk-ataraman (D-1, MangalaFlats, 1st Floor, 5, 43rd Street, Ashok Nagar,Ph: 96770 97338): 7 p.m to 9 p.m on Thurs-days: ‘Bhakti Vriksha’.

All are welcome.

This space costsRs. 500 only.

Sai bhajan programs in T. Nagarand Mambalam

Sri Sathya Sai Samiti conducts Sai bhajans every week in thefollowing venues in T. Nagar and Mambalam. T. Nagar:

Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N. Chetty Road (near Panagal Park, VijayaBank building): Saturdays, 5 p.m.

Ayurvedasramam, 155, G. N. Chetty Road (near Panagal Park):Mondays, 6 p.m.

50/38, Motilal Street (opposite Ranganathan Street): Wednesdays,6 p.m.

Muthumaari Amman Temple, South Boag Road: Mondays, 6.30 p.mMambalam:12A/27, Thambiah Road, West Mambalam: Saturdays, 5.15 p.m.Vallabha Ganapathy Temple, Arya Gowda Road, West Mambalam:

Fridays, 6.30 p.m.Murugashramam, Srinivasa Pillai Street, West Mambalam: Second

Tuesdays, 6 p.m.For registration, please call 94456 11333 or 94447 73926.All are welcome.The Samiti also sells books on Sai literature and CDs of Sai bhajans.

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MAMBALAM TIMES December 24 - 30, 2016

The following are the specialservices for Christmas andNew Year in neighbourhoodchurches:

ECI AruputhanatharDevalayam (64/21,Govindan Road,West Mambalam):

Dec. 25: Special ChristmasMass in the morning at 4 a.mand evening at 6 p.m

Dec. 28: Mass at 6 p.mDec. 30: 6 a.m: Year-end

prayer; 6 p.m: Special NewYear Mass

Dec. 31: 10.30 a.m: Old andNew Year prayer.

Special Mass for Christmas/New Year in neighbourhoodchurches

Holy Cross Church(76, South Boag Road,

T. Nagar):Dec. 24: 9 p.m: English car-

ols; 9.30 p.m: English Mass; 11p.m: Carol service in Tamil;11.30 a.m: Mass prayer.

Dec. 25: 8 a.m: English Mass;9 a.m: Tamil Mass.

Dec. 31: 9.30 a.m: EnglishMass; 11 p.m: Adoration mid-night: Tamil Mass. Jan. 2: 8.30a.m: Englsih Mass; 9 a.m: TamilMass. All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterThe 24th annual 2-day

Ayyappa pooja organized byAshok Nagar SabarimalaiYathiraikuzhu (G3, NaveenJayasree Apartments, 69/33,Moorthy Street Extenison,West Mambalam) will concludeon Sunday, Dec. 25 inKadambur T. N. SomasundraNadar Marriage Hall, 26/22,Giri Street, West Mambalam.

The following is the program:3 a.m: Mangala vathiam

followed by Gho pooja andspecial homam;

6.30 a.m to 10 a.m: LordAyyappa Laksharchanai,Lalitha sahasranaama paara-yanam and devotional concertsongs by Sai Bhajan Mandali;10.30 a.m: Annadhanam for

Ayyappa pooja in Giri Street concludes todayinmates of Siva SakthiKakkum Karangal; 10.45 a.m:Maniyan Maanakalin Chendamelam; 11 a.m: Lord Ayyappabhajans by devotees; 12 noon:Maha deeparathanai; 12.45p.m: Annadhanam; 6 p.m:Bhajans by Sri VanchiyamGuru Krupa Mandali led by

Murali Bhagavathar.Lord Ayyappa was taken in

procession with nadhaswaramand chenda melam throughseveral streets in Ashok Nagarand West Mambalam on Dec.24.

More details can be had in95000 40497, 99623 20558.

By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of Sri

Vasudeva Sathasangam, thethirukalyanam of Radha withLord Krishna and SriAnjaneyar utsavam will beperformed from 7.30 a.m to 12noon on Dec. 25 in 35A,Vasudevapuram, WestMambalam.

The following are programdetails:

7 a.m to 12 noon: Unjavrithibhajans via Vasudevapuram,Janakiraman Street, LakshmiNarayanan Street, Krupa-sankari Street, ChakrapaniStreet and nearby streets; 8.30a.m: Sri Vishnu Sahasra-naama paarayanam by T. M.Sankaran and party; 2 p.m:

Thirukalyana mahotsavam inVasudevapuram today

Sri Jayadevar Asthapathi andnamasankeer-thanam bySaradha Mahila Mandali; 6.30p.m: Divyanaama sankeert-hanam

All are welcome.More details can be had in

2471 8800 or 2483 4472.

By Our Staff ReporterThere was special alan-

gaaram for Lord Anjaneya inAshok Nagar AnjaneyarBaktha Sabha (53rd Street,Ashok Nagar) on Dec. 23 aspart of Hanumath Jayanthicelebrations.

Cultural programs are beingheld daily at 6.30 p.m.

The following are details:Dec. 25: Devotional songs by

Ashok Nagar AnjaneyarBaktha Sabha Navami Group.

Dec. 26: Bharatanatyam byNavarasakendra Schoolstudents.

Jayanthi celebrations inAnjaneyar Baktha Sabhatill Jan. 1

Dec. 27: Keyboard concertby Varun Ram.

Dec. 28: Devotional songs byVeeramani Raju.

Dec. 29: 5 a.m: Specialabhishekham; 7 a.m:Laksharchanai.

Dec. 30: 6.30 p.m:Bharatanatyam by SwathiGiridharan and SahanaKeerthi Vasan.

Dec. 31: Vocal concert byAarthi Ravichandran.

Jan. 1: 12 noon: Specialannadhanam. All are welcome.

More details can be had in2471 6010.

Evening concerts in PasumponDevar Mandapam from todayBy Our Staff Reporter

A 5-day ‘Margazhi Isai Vizha’ has been organized fromSunday, Dec. 25 to Thursday, Dec. 29 in Pasumpon DevarMandapam (100/157, Habibullah Road, T. Nagar) by IsaikadalKalvi Panpattu Kazhagam in association with Pasumpon FineArts and Thanjai Tamil University.

On the first two days, there will be programs focused onVallalar including skits, dramas, discourses and music concerts.

On the next three days, there will be music concerts andbhajans in the evening. All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of Sri

Krishna Sweets (Venkatana-rayana Road, T. Nagar), the10th anniversary of the VishnuSahasranaama mahotsavamorganized by Chennai Group ofSri Vishnu SahasranaamaMandalis and VishnuSahasranama Samasthan willconclude on Sunday, Dec. 25 inSri Krishnaswamy KalyanaMandapam (62, South BoagRoad, T. Nagar).

The following is the program:4.30 a.m: Recital of

Suprabatham and Thirup-pavai,

7 a.m to 1 p.m: Rudram,nagara sankeerthanam andmass chanting of the 12avartis of Sri Vishnu sahas-ranaamam, followed by mahadeeparathanai and prasadamdistribution.

All are welcome.

Vishnu Sahasranaamamahotsavam ends today

For more details, call 9500177505 or 90431 17429.

Free seminar onVedic astrology todayBy Our Staff Reporter

Vedic Astrology Associationfor Social Awakening andChange (VAASAAC) (WestMambalam) will conduct a freeseminar on Vedic astrologyfrom 5 p.m to 7.45 p.m onSunday, Dec. 25 in AuditoriumHall, Koviloor Madalayam,Kuppaiah Street, WestMambalam.

The topic will be ‘the effectsof jatakas and yogas onhoroscopes’.

It will be followed by aninteractive session on astro-logy and spiritual matters.

All are welcome.More details can be had from

V. K. S. M. Sharmaji in 9176359580 / 2474 1952.

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By M. A. SADANAND

NO HOLDS BARRED Craft classes inneighbourhoodBy Our Staff Reporter

A workshop on paper craft,thread jewellery and differentforms of painting such asTanjore, Kerala murals andglass painting will be held tillDec. 31 in 20, Crescent ParkStreet, T. Nagar. For details,call 93809 01733.

Another craft workshop onsilk thread jewellery, quillingjewellery and teracottajewellery is being conducted intwo batches from 10 a.m to11.30 a.m and from 3 p.m to4.30 p.m in D-5, 240 LIG Flats,7th Avenue, Ashok Nagar.

For details, call S. Vijaya-lakshmi in 97907 72370 /90433 86540 / 2371 1835.

By Our StaffReporter

One half of the va-cant Corporationbuilding adjoiningSiva-Vishnu Templeon Usman Road, T.Nagar collapsed afortnight back.

It is still lying in thesame state and thedebris is yet to becleared.

A portion of the col-lapsed structure isresting on the adja-cent building whichtoo is in a dilapidatedstate.

Vacant Corporation building onUsman Road collapses

Corporation workers havedumped the axed branches ofuprooted trees on the roadmargin of Anna Main Road, K.

Axed branches block carriageway of Anna Main Road

K. Nagar between its junctionswith Munusamy Salai andKamarajar Street. They areoccupying half of the carriage-

way causing traffic congestionduring peak hours.

Pedestrians are having aharrowing time using the road.

Southern Railwayto run special faretrains in JanuaryBy Our Staff Reporter

Southern Railway will run aspecial fare train from ChennaiEgmore to Tirunelveli (06001),which will leave ChennaiEgmore at 11:45p.m on Jan. 6.

In the return direction, thetrain will leave Tirunelveli at2:45 p.m on Jan. 8.

It will stop at Tambaram,Chengalpattu, Villupuram,Vriddhachalam, Tiruchchi-rappalli, Dindigul, Madurai,Virudhunagar, Sattur, Kovil-patti and Vanchi Maniya-chchi.

Another special fare specialtrain, Kochuveli-Guwahati(06336), will leave Kochuveliat noon on Jan. 1, 8 and 15. Itwill run via Perambur.

Yet another special faretrain, Puducherry-Santra-gachi (06010), will leavePuducherry at 7:15 p.m on Jan.7 and 14. It will stop atVillupuram, Chengalpattu,Tambaram, Chennai Egmore,Gudur, Nellore, Ongole, Chira-la, Tenali, Vijayawada, Eluru,Tadepalligudem, Rajahmun-dry, Samalkot, Duvvada,Vizianagaram and Srikaku-lam Road among other places.

By Our Staff ReporterThe manhole cover on 7th Avenue, near its junction with 49th

Street, Ashok Nagar collapsed at around 2 p.m on Dec. 20.A coconut frond has been placed in the opening to caution

motorists.

Manhole cover in 7th Avenuecollapses

Senior cop movedafter altercationwith inspectorBy Our Staff Reporter

The Teynampet Asst.Commissioner of Police hasbeen transferred to thevacancy reserve after heallegedly entered into a fightand exchanged blows with aninspector in Teynampet policestation on Dec. 19.

The altercation took placeafter AC Subramanianquestioned inspectorChellamuthu and is alleged tohave verbally abused himabout the slow progress in acase in which miscreantsescaped with jewellery from thehouse of a software engineer inTeynampet last week.

According to eyewitnesses,the inspector felt offended andentered into a verbal duel withhis senior that then turned uglyand the two exchanged blows.

The inspector later lodged acomplaint with PoliceCommissioner S. George.

Based on the probe orderedand the report submitted bysenior officers, Subramanianwas shunted out.

Central Crime Branch Asst.Commissioner Kanagaraj hastaken charge in place ofSubramanian.

Arrested forstealing sarisBy Our Staff Reporter

Police arrested two womenfrom Andhra Pradesh forstealing 16 saris from a shopon Usman Road, T Nagar, onDec. 21.

A police officer identified thewomen as Durga, 57 andSunitha, 45.

Sabha canteens feel the brunt of demonetisationBy Our Staff Reporter

The sabha canteens in Chennai are a popular destination for music lovers during the Marghazhi music festival.But this year the canteen owners are a disgruntled lot as demonetisation has impacted their business.The response has been lukewarm said a manager of a popular sabha in G. N. Chetty Road.“Many just come to feast on the delicacies we offer during this festive season, but this year it has not been very encouraging.

We are expecting business to pick up after the 1st when RBI may pump in a large amount of low currency notes and removethe limitations on withdrawals,” he added.

Some of the popular items in the neighbourhood sabhas include Kozhukattai and morkali served in the morning in Sri KrishnaGana Sabha, ‘ilai sappadu’ in the afternoon and onion pakoda and keera vadai in the evening in Vani Mahal, vazhathandu vadaiin Chennai Cultural Academy (Karnataka Sangha) and Adai avial in Sri Ramakrishna Mission School (Infosys Hall).

Talk on Thiru Arutpaon Tuesday

Under the auspices ofVallalar Sanmarga Sangam(V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar,Ph: 94453 43706), Kolapa-kkam Santhanam will give adiscourse on ‘Thiru Arutpa –Thiru Arutpavin Maatchimai’at 6 p.m on Tuesday, Dec. 27,in Sakthi Vinayagar Temple(P.T. Rajan Salai, K. K. Nagar).

All are welcome.

D-vitaminised terraceMy son, who is not only a mere creative adman but a

health freak, can diagnose what ails me by a mere look.“All right, tell me what ails me”, I ordered with a gasp,

clutching my painful back.“Done. You have all the illnesses that 80-plus age people

have, minus even a fleeting kiss of the great Sun on yourdaily living in this 4-floor shelf you have chosen as yourhome, though it has a wide terrace that has a flood ofsunlight. The only people who get the sun to warm up theirbodies are the charwomen who go up the terrace to dry theclothes of the occupants below the tiers of floors. Have youever heard of these charwomen complaining of backache,carrying all the goods up and down?”

“I don’t listen to what charwomen say.”“Father, don’t argue like a rotten lawyer. Look at the

beautiful blue sky. It is full of unpolluted hot rays. Yourbackache will vanish for good in 5 days if you allow the kindwarmth of the sun to touch your sore spot every day. Justsit relaxed in a foldable chair for 10 minutes. After a weekyou will wonder who has stolen your hip bone and muscles!”

I am telling you of this panacea as a beneficiary since Ihad experienced hell until my son dragged me up the terraceand now, everyday (except on days of the Vardah cyclone),I have been up there for at least half an hour. Both of ushave now turned medical advisors to a number of flat-cooped-up people who have ignored the free service pro-vided by “our father who art in heaven” with love for all thebipeds crawling below holding their painful back. If Suncould speak, he would yell at the poor mutts, “You asses,look at the sky which is aglow with beneficial vitamin D youneed. All free!”

Now, I am a sprightly young man of 83 with a back thatcan bear my weight without bending. Have terraces andgood children who open our eyes to the beauty of nature, asalve to soul.

Mini bus users rue lack ofdisplay of timings

Absence of information about departures and erratic opera-tions have become an inconvenience for bus passengers, espe-cially those using mini services.

For instance, passengers using the small buses on six routesfrom Ashok Nagar Metro Station connecting Valasaravakkam,Mahalingapuram, Defence Colony and Koyembedu are cluelessabout the timings due to lack of display boards in the area.

Nesapakkam resident Roselyn, who occasionally takes theMetro, said that she pays Rs. 100 for an autorickshaw in theabsence of bus timings in Ashok Nagar Metro Station. Thesituation is similar at Koyembedu Metro Mtation. As commut-ers are not aware of the availability of small bus services, theyare at the mercy of autorickshaw drivers to reach their desti-nations. MTC operates more than 200 small buses on around84 routes across the city linking several areas outside theCorporation’s limits. These services largely connect interiorlocalities with bus terminuses and train stations and also linktwo important bus stops.

But irregular timings defeat the purpose of the initiative,which aims to reduce travel time.

Rama, a 56-year-old domestic help, shuttles betweenKotturpuram, Nandanam, Alwarpet and Greenways Road anduses small buses to get to these localities. “The service is veryerratic. At times, I have to wait for nearly 90 minutes. Thoughthe bus drops me at my workplace in Greenways Road, it is hardto keep track of the timings,” she said.

When contacted, MTC officials said that they are takingsteps to iron out problems.

“We have approached Chennai Metro Rail Ltd to display thesmall bus timings at stations,” an MTC official said.

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By Our Staff ReporterThe Corporation playground

in Somusundaram Street, T.Nagar has been converted into

Axed trees dumped in Corporationplayground

a temporary dumping groundfor axed trees from surroundingareas that were uprooted inthe cyclone.

The playground is popularamong students who playcricket in the evening, andofficegoers during weekends.

Discourses onThiruppavai and SriAndal on Dec. 31By Our Staff Reporter

The 58th annual ‘ThiruppavaiVizha’ and Sri Ramanujar’s1000th birth anniversary willbe celebrated from 10 a.m. to 1p.m, on Saturday, Dec. 31 inPandian Hall, West Mam-balam.

Thiruppavai upanyasam,music concert and discourseon ‘Sri Andal’ will be held.

Prasadam will be distributedat 1 p.m. All are welcome.

Workshop on stilllife sketching

Lavi’s The Shades (5,Kavarai Street, West Mam-balam) has organized aworkshop on ‘how to sketchlive objects with shading’ from10 a.m to 11 a.m on Dec. 25 and26 in its premises. Entry isfree. For registration call 840445633, 98407 59761.

By Our Staff ReporterSivan Park, P. T. Rajan

Salai, K. K. Nagar, which wasdevastated by Vardahcyclone, was cleaned up byCorporation workers within aweek.

Portions of its compoundwall, skating rink, a fewbenches and some otherfacilities, which were damaged,are the only items left to berepaired.

The walkers’ path, children’splay area, yoga platform andthe rain shelter have beencleaned up and the park hasbeen opened to visitors for use.

Sivan Park back in use a week after cyclone

Toppled barricades on flyovermargin pose danger

By Our Staff ReporterSteel barricades installed on

the Y-Shaped Rangaraja-puram flyover, Bazullah Road,T. Nagar collapsed during thecyclone.

They have been temporarilykept on the road margin.

They are not visible in the

dark and pose a danger to mo-torists during night.

At around 8 p.m on Dec. 22,a motorcyclist escaped unhurtwhen he inadvertently hit thebarricade and fell down fromthe vehicle while giving wayto a car that was overtakinghim.

By Our Staff ReporterThe 13th annual music festi-

val of Rasika Fine Arts (83,Lake View Road, West Mam-balam), which started on Dec.24, will conclude on Jan. 1.

‘Rasika Kala Bharathi’award, which carries a cashcomponent of Rs.1 lakh, waspresented to percussionistTrichy R. Thayumanavan onthe inaugural day jointly by B.M. Sundaram (Musicologist),S. Vedanthamji (President,Vishva Hindu Vidya Kendra)and Dr. Girija Seshadri (Secre-tary, Rasika Fine Arts).

There will be concerts by lead-ing musicians at 4 p.m and 7p.m on all days. The followingare details:

Dec. 25: 4 p.m: Vocal con-cert by Maya and MalaviRavindran (from USA) accom-panied by Mysore SangeethaDileep (violin), Guru Ragha-vendhra (mridangam); 7 p.m:Vocal concert by T. V.Sankaranarayanan, accom-panied by Sarvashri N. C.Madhav (violin), Salem K.Srinivasan (mridangam),Bhargava (Halambe Kanjira).

Dec. 26: 4 p.m: Vocal con-certs by the students of JGHV(West Mambalam) and G. K.Shetty Hindu Vidyalaya(Adambakkam); 7 p.m: Bom-malattam performance on‘Thiru Thonda Nayanar’ by T.N. Sankaranathan and T.Murugan Sangeetha Bomma-latta Sabha.

Dec. 27: 4 p.m: ‘Ecstasy’ – afusion concert by violinist M.Narmadha; 7 p.m: Vocal con-

Concerts by leading musiciansin Jaigopal Garodia HinduVidyalaya

cert by Ashok Ramani, accom-panied by Nagai Sriram (vio-lin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan(mridangam), NergunamSankara (kanjira).

Dec. 28: 4 p.m: Vocal concertby Krishna Ramarathinamaccompanied by Sayee Rak-shith (violin), Guru Ragha-vendra (mridangam); 7 p.m:Vocal concert by T. N.Seshagopalan and party.

Dec. 29: 4 p.m: Vocal concertby Brinda Manikkavasakamacompained by ChidambaramBadrinath (violin), AkshayRam (mridangam); 7 p.m: Vo-cal concert by NithyasreeMahadevan accompanied byM. R. Gopinath (violin), Cher-thala Ananthakrishnan (mri-dangam), Sundar Kumar(kanjira).

Dec. 30: 4 p.m: Vocal con-certs by the students of JGHV(West Mambalam) and G. K.Shetty Hindu Vidyalaya(Adambakkam); 7 p.m: V.Chandrasekhar and G. Bharati(violin duet) accompanied byTrichur C. Narendran (mridan-gam), Vaikkom Gopalakrishna(ghatam).

Dec. 31: 4 p.m: Vocal concertby Maharajapuram GaneshVishwanathan, accompaniedby Pappu Gyandev (violin),Guru Raghavendra(mridangam); 7 p.m: Vocal con-cert by Saketharaman accom-panied by B. Vittal Rangan(violin), H. S. Sudheendran(mridangam), G. Ravichan-dran (ghatam).


By Our Staff ReporterAbout 500 villagers under-

went free medical check-uporganized by RMD Pain andPalliative Care Trust (T.Nagar) and The Oriental

500 undergo free check-up in RMD Hospital,Amarambedu

Insurance Company in RMDSpecialty Hospital inAmarambedu, KancheepuramDsitrict.

The locals from Kartam-bakkam, Amarambedu,

Irungukattukottai, Nand-hambakkam and nearbyvillages attended the camp.

Specialists in generalmedicine, dental, eye, skin,gynecology and cancerconducted the examinationand offered consultation.Medicines were also distri-buted.

Dr. Repulica Sridhar(Medical Director, RMD Trust),T. S. Ramasubramaniam andRavikumar (Deputy Manager,Oriental Insurance Company)convened the camp.

The Trust conducts regularmedical check-ups in nearbyvillages and provides palliativecare for advanced cancer andterminally ill patients.


Surrenders afterrunning over mansleeping onpavementBy Our Staff Reporter

A 50-year-old man surren-dered before the Pondy Bazaartraffic investigation police onDec. 19 in connection with themowing down of a man sleepingon the pavement by a luxurysedan near Vadapalani on thenight of Dec. 17.

Police identified the man whogave himself up as A. RafiqAhmeed of JanakiramanColony, Arumbakkam. He wason his way home when theaccident took place, killingBaskaran, a cook.

According to the police,Ahmeed, who owned a shop inChoolaimedu, had stopped hiscar for a while on Amman KovilStreet in Vadapalani. Hestarted his car and was leavingthe place when he ran overBaskaran.

Ahmeed, who abandoned hiscar and escaped, was drunk atthe time, police said.

Police had earlier tried totrace the owner of the car withthe help of the registrationnumber, but Ahmeed hadregistered it in another person’sname.

Special pooja for Anjaneyarin Siva Vishnu Temple

By Our Staff ReporterOn account of Hanuman Jayanthi, special pooja will be

performed for Lord Anjaneyar in Siva Vishnu Temple(Usman Road, T. Nagar) at 9.30 a.m on Thursday, Dec. 29.

It will be followed by Vadamalai alangaaram and mahadeeparathanai. All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterAt a customer outreach

program held in Chennai onDec. 21, Sunil Bajpai, principaladviser to Telecom RegulatoryAuthority of India (Trai) saidharmful effects on humansfrom the electromagnetic fieldradiation from cell phonetowers have not been proved.

Ill effects of mobile tower radiation notproved, says Trai official

He said that while there areseveral studies on the adverseimpact of radiation on humans,little research has been doneon how radiation would havepositive effects on humans.

He further said that thepurported evil effects ofradiation have created fearamong the public on setting up

mobile towers which, in turn, isaffecting quality of service.

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Calling volunteers for freeservice in TirumalaBy Our Staff Reporter

Sevas (Pallavaram) sends volunteers toTirumala for a week-long free service startingon Mondays and ending on Sundays.

Physically fit men and women below 60 yearsare welcome to volunteer.

The travelling expense has to be borne by thevolunteers. Accommodation, lunch and dinnerwill be provided free of cost.

Those interested can call 78455 58334

LETTERS TO THE EDITORCorporation’s estimate of fallen trees wrong

Sir, The Chennai Corporation has announced that it is all set to floattenders to auction an estimated 65,000 tonnes of uprooted trees soon.

But with no dedicated weighing bridges in place in dumping sitesearmarked for garden garbage, I wonder how the Corporation arrivedat this figure.

78 points across the city were earmarked for the public to dump onlytree debris. Garden garbage from these points and roadsides werecollected and stored in Velachery and Athipatu dumping yards. As pernews reports, nearly 900 tonnes of green waste was brought to thesesites through 150 trips on a daily basis for the last 15 days.

With no weighing bridges in these two dumping yards, the weightnoted each day has only been a rough estimate, and it is on this basisthat the auction figure has been arrived at since the cyclone.

This timber also includes the regular garbage collected and dumpedin these yards. Corporation still has to collect a large volume of fallentrees from a number of inner streets in the city that has been lying onthe road sides and outside parks. Similarly, some Corporation workershave also dumped unaccounted quantity of timber in Corporationplaygrounds and Cooum banks. So the estimate is far from the actualand Corporation, as per the current estimate, is likely to lose a lot ofmoney. R. Desikan, Social Activist, Arappor Iyakkam, Chennai

Sai Seva Chakra conducts freeVeda classes

Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street, West Mambalam) conductsfree Veda, bhajans and sloka classes on Sundays in its premises from3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m.

It also conducts these classes in the following venues.On Saturdays and Sundays from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m in Sri Krishna

Gana Sabha, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar.On Mondays, Wednesdays and Tuesdays from 5 p.m to 6 p.m in

Sarva Priya Ganapathi Temple (Moorthy Street Extension, 7th Avenue,Ashok Nagar). On Mondays and Thursdays from 8 p.m to 9 p.m in No15, Bharathi Street, West Mambalam.

All are welcome.More details can be had in phone 98843 05676.

P. S. Ramesh (resident of 80, Lake View Road,West Mambalam) passed away on Dec. 18.

He was 55, and had been resident of WestMambalam since birth.

He was employed with Chennai Telephones andlater with Madras Port Trust.

He was a seasoned cricketer and represented the

OBITUARYP. S. RAMESH

Port Trust team. He later served as the team’s manager and ChiefCoach. He won several trophies in the game.

He played for Chennai Telephones, Madras Port Trust and Grand Pixteams. He completed NIS coaching and coached in prominent schools,colleges and clubs.

He also managed several TNCA teams and the Tamilnadu Women’scricket team. He coached leading players including R. Ashwin, DineshKarthick, Thirush Kamini and Kamakshi.

Ramesh is survived by his wife Kalpana and sons Abishek andAravind.

K. PARVATHYK. Parvathy (resident of Raja Apartments, 42nd

Street, Ashok Nagar. Ph: 2474 2114) passed awayon Dec. 9.

She was 98, and had been resident of AshokNagar for more than 50 years.

She was wife of late R. Krishna Iyer.She is survived by 3 sons V.K.R Raja, V.K.

Sankaranarayanan, V.K. Subramanian and daughter Kamala.

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By Our Staff ReporterAn abandoned Doberman

rescued from ReddipalayamRoad, Mogappair is availablefor adoption.

It is around 4 years old and isunder the care of animal activistJayashree.

The dog was found with a redcollar.

Jayashree told Anna NagarTimes that the dog is wellbehaved and is in good health.

Anyone wishing to adopt itmay contact Jayashree in98410 22214.

Abandoned Doberman availablefor adoption

Essentials given to200 persons on ‘HumanRights Day’By Our Staff Reporter

To commemorate International Human Rights Dayon Dec. 11, the All Indian Human Rights PuratchiOrganisation and Welfare (1, Kodambakkam HighRoad, West Mambalam) organized a blood donationprogram and distributed food, clothes, provisions,vegetables, water pots and stationery items amongmore than 200 poor persons living in nearby areas.

Anyone wanting to become its member may contactK. Gopinath, West Mambalam coordinator, in 9003165781.

Youth drowns in watertank

A 24-year-old youth died after he accidentally fellinto a water tank in T. Nagar on Monday.

Mambalam Police said that the deceased, Biju, wasworking in a jewellery shop in T. Nagar. A native ofAssam, he tried to collect water from the tank on thenight of Dec. 19. He lost his balance, slipped and fell intothe water tank and drowned. Mambalam Police haveregistered a case and are investigating.

No upper limit to deposit ofold notes till Dec. 30

According to the latest instructions by ReserveBank of India, there is no upper limit to the amount ofold Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes that can be depositedin KYC-compliant bank accounts.

This instruction issued on Dec. 21 ended the chaosand confusion caused by an earlier instruction by RBIwhich stipulated that, for any deposit above Rs. 5,000,the depositor had to satisfy the Bank Manager as towhy he/she had not made the deposit earlier.

Even after the fresh instruction, there can be onlyone deposit of over Rs. 5,000 in a single bank accounttill Dec. 30.


EB staff repai-red the damagedelectrical fittingson street lightposts and alsoreplaced the fusedbulbs in PostalColony, WestMambalam onDec. 21.

The work wascarried out withthe help of ahydraulic laddermounted on amain - tenancevan.

The light fitti-ngs in a number ofstreet light postsin the neigh-bourhood weredamaged during

EB staff repair damaged streetlight fittings

the cyclone and several light posts also toppled over.An official told Mambalam Times that in a number of streets, the street lights

are still not functional as the repair work is in progress or is yet to be started.

City loses 75% of total greencoverBy Our Staff Reporter

As per initial estimates, Chennai has lost around three-fourths of the total green cover due to the cyclone.

It has also been estimated that Anna Nagar, Adyar andNungambakkam have lost the maximum green cover as asignificant number of trees fell in these areas.

According to D. Karthikeyan, Corporation Commissioner,complete normality has been restored in 75% of the city afterthe devastation caused by the cyclone.

He said that some work is still pending in Anna Nagar (Zone8) and Adyar (Zone 13).

It has been estimated that around 25,000 tons of wood fromfallen trees is yet to be cleared as on Dec. 23.

Corporation authorities are also exploring the possibility ofusing the timber for making paper, and are in touch TamilnaduNewsprint and Paper Limited (TNPL).

22,600 workers engagedin relief workBy Our Staff Reporter

Chennai Corporation has engaged 22,600 workers in therelief and restoration work, of whom around 3,500 are fromplaces such as Namakkal, Theni and Thanjavur.

The workers from outside Chennai are being provided withadequate food and accommodation.

Each non-Corporation staff is paid a daily allowance of Rs.100 in addition to a lump sum of Rs. 2,000 for the entire reliefwork.

Huge challenge ahead to restoregreeneryBy Our Staff Reporter

With an estimated 75% green cover lost due to cyclone in Chennai, theauthorities face a huge challenge ahead.

According to D. Karthikeyan (Corporation Commissioner), as a first steptowards restoration, he plans to conduct meetings with environmental experts,NGOs, social activists and Forest Department and Horticulture Departmentby the end of this month.

He said that, based on the inputs from these meetings, a suitable course ofaction will be planned for restoring the green cover in the city.

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Causeway without wallin Jafferkhanpet

By Our Staff ReporterThere is no wall along the causeway over Adyar River,

Jafferkhanpet which poses a danger to motorists.


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By Our Staff ReporterFire personnel from other parts of

Tamilnadu have been engaged in axing thescores of trees that got uprooted during therecent cyclone in the city.

More than the trees, a large number of bigbranches also broke off and fell on roads,thereby blocking the way.

A fire official told Mambalam Times thatCorporation workers are clearing the mainroads while their team is concentrating onclearing the inner streets in residential areas.

The axed tress and branches are moved tothe roadside using JCP machines.

This photo was taken on Hindi PracharaSabha Street, T. Nagar on Dec.20.

Firemen from outside city clear uprooted trees

Jaimaa Charitable Trustand Rotary Club of ChennaiTowers (T. Nagar) distributedstainless steel plates and tum-blers among the 50 hostel stu-dents of Sri Ramakrishna Mis-sion Sarada Vidyalaya inMangesh Street, T. Nagar onDec. 20 on the occasion of the163rd birth anniversary ofSarada Devi.

The program was attendedby Dr. Vasumathy Vedan-tham (President, Rotary Clubof Chennai Towers). RajeshTritha (Director, CommunityService), C. Krishnachander

Plates, tumblers given to poorhostel students

(Past President) and S.Jayasundari (Secretary,Jaimaa Trust).

Jayasundari toldMambalam Times that thestudents are from poor fami-lies from various parts ofTamilnadu.

She has appealed to doctorsto conduct free medical campsand to educational counselorsto conduct motivational ses-sions and career counselingprograms for the students.

Her contact number is98842 84348 and email [email protected].

By Our StaffReporterCorporation

workers re-moved thefallen bran-ches and treesfrom the walk-ers’ path andthe children’splay area inPanagal Parkon a prioritybasis on re-quest by regu-lar visitors.

The clearingof the rest of

Panagal Park partially cleared

the park is in progress. A regular visitor told Mambalam Times that with so many treesuprooted in the park and other trees losing many thick branches, the park has hardly any shade.

SUV driven on wrongside hits motorcyclist

A SUV (TN-09 BB8650)coming on the wrong side of theone-way Canal Bank Road,CIT Nagar hit a motorcyclistat around 9.30 p.m on Dec. 20.

The motorcyclist wasthrown off the vehicle in thecollision. He suffered bruises inhis hands and legs and wastaken to a nearby private clinicfor treatment.

The SUV driver, who tried toescape, was caught by thepublic who witnessed theaccident. A traffic policemanat the spot protected the driverfrom getting beaten up by theenraged public. More than 50persons surrounded the SUVand demanded action againstthe erring driver. Traffic wasaffected on the busy road formore than 30 minutes.


The overhead cross-bar installed on T.Nagar side of Durai-samy Road subway isleaning dangerously asthe foundation waspartially damagedduring Vardah cyclone.Also, the girdersupporting the post onone side has comple-tely given way,

The entire structureis likely to collapse anytime posing a danger tomotorists and pedes-trians.

Leaning overhead crossbar poses danger

By Our Staff ReporterHundreds of devotees participated in the 7-day

Narayaneeyam paarayanam and Radha KrishnaThirukalyana mahotsavam organized by Namagiri LakshmiBashyam (Founder, Sri Lakshmi Narayanan Group, KuppaiahStreet, West Mambalam) from Dec. 17 to 23 in Sathya Mahal,Lake View Road, West Mambalam.

Lakshmi Namagiri has been conducting free Narayaneeyamclasses for several years and has trained hundreds of students.

Her contact number is 95514 16563.

Hundreds participate inNarayaneeyam paarayanam

By Our Staff ReporterResidents of Tilak Street, T.

Nagar resorted to ‘road roko’ ataround 2 p.m on Dec. 19 at thejunction of North Usman Roadto highlight the water conta-mination problem in theirstreet.

They raised slogans deman-ding immediate resolution tothe problem.

Traffic was affected for themore than 30 minutes.

Police officials regulated thetraffic and summoned Corpor-ation officials to the spot totalk to the residents.

The residents told aCorporation official that thestreet has been suffering from

Residents block road to highlight watercontamination problem

water contamination for over a month and there has been no response to repeated complaints to Metrowater authorities.The residents gave up the agitation when the official gave a written assurance to rectify the issue at the earliest.

Kuthivilakku/Ayyappapooja in Station Roadon Dec. 28

Station Road VyabarigalAyyappa Baktha Sabha hasorganized Kuthivillaku andAyyappa pooja on Wednesday,Dec. 28 at the junction of Sta-tion Road and Kuppaiah Street,West Mambalam.

There will be Ganapathipooja at 5 a.m. AnugrahaBhajan Mandali will sing Ayya-ppa bhajans at 6 p.m whichwill be followed by Kuthivilakkupooja and annadhanam.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

98842 67773.

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