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Civic journalism on the Greater Chennai Corporation.
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Covering the local government that runs your city.

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#Chennai 's civic stories have gone untold for too long. Ullatchi is here to change that, independent journalism built for every Chennaite.

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#Chennai 's #Deepavali2026 night. AQI peaked at 446. Royapuram hit 238 the next morning.

The permitted hours were ignored. 600 extra sanitation workers are still clearing the streets.

A detailed photo story coming soon from us. Full post:
https://t.co/GenBTeiEOJ

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For three months, 188 residents of Vembuli Amman Planning Area (Zone 8) have not had enough water. They blocked Harrington Road on Nov 2. @tnuhdbofficial says it paid ₹1.45 crore to @CHN_Metro_Water July. The work has not started.

Full report by Dev
https://t.co/tZGBg7epGw

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Fireworks traders at Chennai’s Island Grounds received permission to open their stalls just four days before Diwali, instead of the usual 10.

Why the delay? Who is responsible?

Watch our Ground Report.

https://t.co/XBQRHEYw8z

#Chennai #Diwali2026 #Ullatchi

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GCC presents Self-Help Groups as a path to women's empowerment and security. But in reality, these workers endure backbreaking labour with minimal pay and no legal protections or statutory benefits.

Reported by @Aswathy_Sridhar

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On Oct 29, @chennaicorp passed a resolution to raise #AmmaUnavagam workers' daily wages from rs 325 to rs 400.
But the state minimum wage for cooks in 2026-27 is rs 844.

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GCC commissioner @sameerangs told #Ullatchi:
"They are employed through Self-Help Groups, so standard minimum wages don't apply. That's the grey area."
“We help the workers sell home-made pickles at the canteens to make up the difference.”

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GCC presents Self-Help Groups as a path to women's empowerment and security. But in reality, these workers endure backbreaking labour with minimal pay and no legal protections or statutory benefits.

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@chennaicorp says #Chennai canals are cleaned and ready for the monsoon.

Ullatchi visited 10. All had large quantities of waste in the water. CCTV cameras meant to monitor littering — only 22 of 60 installed, going offline daily.

Full ground report: https://t.co/xloBvgEM2J

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#Chennai has plans for 5 junctions. Also 105. Also 800. Three announcements. No published list. No design standard. No definition of success.

First half of 2026 more road deaths, fewer crashes.

@fmrock on what it would take to fix even one?
Read https://t.co/pcOHfGsqAi

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#France said: tell your employees before you sell your business. Not the right to buy. Just the right to know.

#Chennai small businesses change hands quietly. The workers are always last.

Mohit Dave on what could change that:
https://t.co/nKUl26UL4C

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#Chennai has been announcing cycle lanes since 2010. Coverage today: 0.26%. Bicycle trips: down from 6% to 2.9%.

The city pays for the announcement. Not the upkeep.

Read our opinion column Dog Bites Man by @fmrock
https://t.co/FjV7E4AUhN

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The @chennaicorp is planning to introduce a tax system for street vendors in #Chennai.

What do the vendors think? What could it mean for their livelihoods?

Our latest Ground Report by @vidhyasenthamil takes the question to the streets.

▶️ https://t.co/OuWgiXqsYg

#Ullatchi

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They start at 4 AM. Walk to work. Cook, serve, clean toilets. Eight-plus hours a day. The government calls them part-time.

#AmmaUnavagam workers want minimum wages, PF, and paid leave. #Ullatchi’s ground report by @Aswathy_Sridhar
📸 @AksharaSanal

https://t.co/TYorYUPwdu

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#Chennai counted 35,588 street vendors. Leaders say the real number is at least a lakh. The law gives them a spot to stand. Not much else.

#Ullatchi’s opinion column asks what a cooperative could change for Chennai’s street vendors. Read the full article https://t.co/6a3ev72Ome

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5,543 abandoned vehicles on #Chennai’s streets and police stations. Nearly 5,000 sitting unclaimed since 2018.

@chennaicorp has started auctioning them off. Rs 1 crore raised so far.

✍️@Aswathy_Sridhar
📸@AksharaSanal

Full report: https://t.co/GiOGYh6jXC

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சென்னையில் விளையாடுவது எல்லோருக்கும் எளிதானதா?

@SportsTN_ மைதானங்களின் கட்டணம், வசதிகள் மற்றும் அங்கு பயிற்சி பெறும் குழந்தைகளின் அனுபவம் குறித்து எங்கள் முழுக் கட்டுரை.

https://t.co/tUO5KiAJ8K

@chennaicorp #SportsTalk #ChennaiNews #Ullatchi

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#Chennai built a six-storey parking building in #PondyBazaar. The streets outside are still choked.

Dog Bites Man — the latest column by @fmrock
https://t.co/lCK2c5nXiP

@chennaicorp

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சென்னையின் விளையாட்டுத் திடல்கள் யாருக்காக?

பொதுமக்கள் பயன்படுத்தி வரும் விளையாட்டுத் திடல்கள் @SportsTN_ வசம் செல்லும் நிலையில், அவற்றின் பயன்பாடு கட்டண அடிப்படையில் மாறுமா?

https://t.co/fPzUCDWWt3

✍️ @vidhyasenthamil
📸 Akshara Sanal

@AadhavArjuna @CMOTamilnadu

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ஆக்கிரமிப்பு என்றால் நீர்நிலையில் இருக்கும் வீடு மட்டும் தானா?

நம் வீட்டு வாசலில் இருந்து தெருவரை நீண்டு இருக்கும் படிகளும் ஓர் ஆக்கிரமிப்பாக இருக்கலாம்.

@chennaicorp நகரமைப்புத் துறை விதிகள் என்ன சொல்கின்றன?

#Chennai #GCC #Ullatchi

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In Chennai, getting an auto is easy.
Getting a “fair fare”? Now, that’s a different game.

What’s your bargaining power?

#illustration‌‌ of the Week | #Ullatchi