SR organises 3-day event

Edit The Times of India 25 May 2016
As a part of capacity building measures, 4th Battalion NDRF (Desiya Peridar Meetpu Padai) Arakkonam is conducting three-day disaster management training for NCC officers, home guard and ......

Disaster mgmt training

Edit The Times of India 24 May 2016
As part of capacity building measures, 4th Battalion NDRF ......

Lawyers abound in MLA list from Vellore district

Edit The Hindu 23 May 2016
Five of the 13 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Vellore district hold law degree. Another MLA is a BE degree holder, while the remaining have studied up to various classes in schools. A look at the affidavits filed by the candidates at the time of filing of nomination shows that DMK senior leader Durai Murugan (Katpadi constituency) is the only postgraduate in the lot ... Ravi of Arakkonam constituency, N.G ... Ms ... J.L ... ....

Railway departments' tussle stalls integrated suburban service

Edit The Times of India 22 May 2016
Chennai. A bureaucratic tussle between Southern Railway's headquarters and its Chennai division has stalled a proposal to increase the number of direct rail services from the western suburb of Arakkonam and northern suburb of Gummidipoondi to Velachery via Chennai Beach ... Southern Railway now runs eight 'through' services from the Arakkonam and Gummidipoondi sections so commuters can travel in the same train till Velachery ... ....

Vellore division gets its first postal ATM

Edit The Hindu 22 May 2016
He added that this was the first ATM for Vellore Postal Division, while ATMs have already been functioning at the head post offices at Tirupattur, Ranipet and Arakkonam ... ....

1st batch of cars rolls out of country's first rail auto hub

Edit The Times of India 21 May 2016
Chennai ... Southern Railway will earn 16.37 lakh from the trip ... Wallajabad station, strategically located on the Chengalpet-Tirumalpur section, is connected to Arakkonam as well as Chennai Beach. Freight trains through Arakkonam can transport cars across the country; some can be sent to Chennai port, located next to Chennai Beach station on the Walajahbad-Chengalpet-Beach route ... ....

Tiruvallur needs integrated bus terminus

Edit The Hindu 21 May 2016
Despite being located on a key route and serving as a link between Chennai and the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh and districts like Vellore, Tiruvallur is lacking in integration of different modes of transport, especially buses and trains ... Sadasivan, a resident of Tiruvallur ... A drain on the pockets ... This apart, suburban train services with an average of around 260 trips between Chennai Central and Arakkonam is also operated ... ....

Vellore receives light rainfall

Edit The Times of India 19 May 2016
Vellore/Tiruvannamalai ... Arakkonam has received the highest rainfall in Vellore district, with 33 mm rainfall. The lowest rainfall recorded in Ambur, which received 8.4 mm ... ....

Incessant showers bring down temperature in Vellore

Edit The Hindu 19 May 2016
Many parts of Vellore district received incessant showers on Wednesday ... From 8.30 a.m ... on Wednesday. Arakkonam recorded the highest rainfall in the district with 33 mm rains, followed by Kaveripakkam – 26.4 mm and Sholinghur – 25 mm ... ....

Cyclone predicted as depression moves towards Andhra, heavy rain continues in Chennai

Edit Indian Express 19 May 2016
Satellite map of the cyclone winds. (Source. IMD). Sparing Tamil Nadu, the deep depression over Bay of Bengal has moved to Andhra Pradesh coast and is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by tomorrow, Met office said today ... Share This Article. Related Article ... 6, slideMargin ... National Disaster Response Force Teams from neighbouring Vellore, Arakkonam, were also put on standby in low lying areas as part of the precautionery measures ... ....

Chennai rain: NDRF personnel likely to return to their base as depression moves away

Edit The Times of India 18 May 2016
Around 120 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force, who came to Chennai in the wake of heavy rain, will return to their base in Arakkonam as a depression that caused rain in the region ......

Chennai rain: Whom to contact to remove water and fallen trees

Edit The Times of India 18 May 2016
CHENNAI ... In Queen Mary's College, where EVMs are kept, strong rooms have been covered with tarpaulin to protect the voting machines. Six teams of National Disaster Response Force from Arakkonam reached the city ... Manali zone ... NDRF team (4th battalion) from Arakkonam led by team commander Rama Rao with 20 personnel has been placed in Chennai Primary School at Padasalai opposite to Manali zone. Perungudi zone ... Kodambakkam zone ... Adyar zone ... -. ....

Deep depression moves towards Andhra Pradesh

Edit Deccan Herald 18 May 2016
Sparing Tamil Nadu, the deep depression over Bay of Bengal has moved to Andhra Pradesh coast and is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by tomorrow, Met office said today ... National Disaster Response Force Teams from neighbouring Vellore, Arakkonam, were also put on standby in low lying areas as part of the precautionery measures ... ....
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