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The Times of India
23 Jan 2014
CHENNAI. The 30-year-old Stephenson Road bridge in Pulianthope will be demolished and rebuilt at an estimated 9.9 crore. The new bridge across Otteri nullah or canal will be wider and taller to accommodate the increasing traffic, said corporation officials ... "The columns were obstructing water flow," said the official ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
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The Hindu
18 Oct 2013
Cases of fever have erupted in Ayanavaram, where stagnant water, garbage and mosquitoes swarming about are a common sight ... Even before they could fully recover, their 11-year-old daughter also fell sick ... These residents, along with those on First Street, said living alongside the Ekangipuram Nullah is a nightmare. “The canal, which is linked to Otteri Nullah, was desilted about three weeks ago ... Bose, president of the Sangam ... S....(size: 2.9Kb)
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The Hindu
26 Sep 2013
In a bid to ensure a cleaner look for Buckingham Canal and maintain free flow during the monsoon, the Water Resources Department has written to Southern Railway to take steps and arrest dumping of garbage in the waterway ... 3.62 crore ... Besides Cooum river and surplus channels of several tanks, Virugambakkam Arumbakkam drain and Otteri Nullah are also being desilted ... So far, nearly 1,800 loads of waste have been removed ... Keywords....(size: 3.0Kb)
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The Hindu
12 Sep 2013
Reports suggest that even in places where the full range of works including interconnects have been completed, such as in Kolathur, residents had to suffer flooding ... For instance, J.I.A ... Raj ... About 65 per cent of the work has been completed so far in the watersheds of Otteri Nullah, Virugambakkam-Arumbakkam Canal, Cooum, Mambalam-Nandanam, Adyar, Velachery, South Buckingham Canal, Central Buckingham Canal and North Buckingham Canal....(size: 3.7Kb)
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The Hindu
11 Sep 2013
Reports suggest that even in places where the full range of works including interconnects have been completed, such as in Kolathur, residents had to suffer flooding ... For instance, J.I.A ... Raj ... About 65 per cent of the work has been completed so far in the watersheds of Otteri Nullah, Virugambakkam-Arumbakkam Canal, Cooum, Mambalam-Nandanam, Adyar, Velachery, South Buckingham Canal, Central Buckingham Canal and North Buckingham Canal....(size: 3.7Kb)
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29 Aug 2013
Residents along the city’s waterways may soon get some relief from the increasing mosquito menace and the impending flooding during northeast monsoon. The Water Resources Department plans to start desilting the waterways clogged with weeds and garbage to mitigate inundation ... M.J ... K ... Desilting of Otteri Nullah, North Buckingham canal and Virugambakkam canal will be taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission....(size: 2.8Kb)
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The Hindu
09 Aug 2013
There is now a glimmer of hope for the dying, vanishing water bodies in the Chennai metropolitan area (CMA) ... Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL) has called for consultants to prepare an overall plan to rejuvenate 214 kms of waterways, including Mambalam, Velachery and Kodungaiyur drains and Otteri Nullah, and the 42 water bodies spread across the CMA ... Keywords....(size: 2.8Kb)
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The Hindu
20 Jul 2013
Residents of Anna Nagar who have been taking a detour due to work on the Otteri Nullah diversion channel project may soon be relieved ... The Water Resources Department (WRD) had devised the project to divert excess water from the Otteri Nullah through a link with the Cooum river ... Sivagami Babu, a resident of Third Avenue, recalled her apartment complex was heavily flooded in 2005 as Otteri Nullah carried water beyond its capacity....(size: 2.4Kb)
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The Hindu
05 Jul 2013
July 1. I live on Khader Nawaz Khan Road. The foot path adjacent to our house is over a foot high, making it difficult for me at my age to negotiate the footpath ... The Konnur high road pavement between Ayanavaram traffic signal and Otteri Bridge is totally occupied by slum dwellers depriving the privilege of pedestrians. Thanks to this, the storm water drains department finds it difficult to connect the proposed drain into Otteri Nullah....(size: 33.2Kb)
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The Hindu
14 Apr 2013
The Chennai Corporation will carry out fogging operations in all stormwater drains and along all streets every day ... Earlier, the civic body had been fogging streets twice a week ... Malaria workers on contract have been hired for all the 200 wards ... Two machines near Kotturpuram on Adyar, two near Naduvankarai on Cooum, one in Buckingham Canal and one in Otteri Nullah are carrying out mosquito control operations ... Keywords....(size: 2.4Kb)
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The Times of India
06 Apr 2013
CHENNAI. The government introduced transferable development rights (TDR) to acquire land for infrastructure projects without paying money to the property owners, three years ago but the scheme has found few takers ... PWD is restoring major waterways like Otteri Nullah, Virugambakkam-Arumbakkam Canal, Buckingham canal and the Cooum river under JNNURM," an official said ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
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The Times of India
30 Mar 2013
CHENNAI. With more than 40% of work for the city's storm water drains project incomplete, the Chennai Corporation is likely to miss the extended deadline of June ... "About 60% of the 533-km of storm water drains has been completed so far ... The project, which was taken up in 2010, covers 12 water bodies, including the Cooum river, Captain Cotton Canal and the Otteri Nullah ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)
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The Hindu
20 Mar 2013
With work on a long-pending project — the construction of a diversion channel to carry excess water from the Otteri Nullah to the Cooum river set to be completed soon — the area will remain high and dry come the rainy season, Water Resources Department (WRD) officials said ... The project to improve Otteri Nullah, which has been much-awaited by residents in the area, is set to be completed by June, well before the monsoons....(size: 3.6Kb)
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