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[Polimer News @polimernews]

அரசின் விதியை மீறி வசூல். மாதா மருத்துவ கல்லூரியில் மாணவிகளுக்கு மிரட்டல்..? சேர்மன் பீட்டருக்கு தெரியுமா?...

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[David Manohar @DavidManohar7]

4-5 Trees of 15-20 feet height have been cut & removed illegally by Bilal Restaurant infront of their premises on the Pallavaram Thoraipakkam Radial Road. These trees where planted by residents & many volunteers around the area in 2022 between the GST Road to Keelkatalai Lake. Request Highway officials to initiate stringent action. @CMOTamilnadu @Chief_Secy_TN @chennai_Highway @AadhavArjuna
@DISTRICTCPT @COPTBM @tnforestdept @Moefcc

[Chennai Updates @UpdatesChennai]

It will take a monumental effort to restore Radial Road. Looks like some war zone. Even initiatives of residents going waste!!! @AadhavArjuna @COPTBM @Tambaram_Corp @CMOTamilnadu

[Sudhir Srinivasan @sudhirsrinivasn]

Mannnyyy thoughts on #BethlehemKudumbaUnit (possible spoilers):
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While watching Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, I kept thinking about one of my favourite quotes about love, by Victor Hugo: “The first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity; in a young girl, it is boldness.” You see the timidity when Justin (Nivin Pauly, who seems perfect for these characters) is entertaining feelings of love again. He’s amid his drunk friends when someone notices that he’s blushing, and this makes him blush even more. You see the boldness especially when Ashley (a delightfully real Mamitha Baiju), in that gorgeous proposal scene in the car, pretty much bullies Justin into being clear with her. It’s the kind of film that shows the capacity for tender emotional detail.

I like how realistic, how casual, the idea of love itself is in this film, and the nature of the events surrounding its bloom. Someone casually plants an idea in a man’s mind. Someone else loiters around Ashley. Someone's trying to make a short film. Someone is dealing with an addict husband. None of this feels blown up in the pursuit of engaging cinema. Even the second-half conflicts remain real for the most part, with fights breaking out over women, over love. It’s probably why that whole Kantara-inspired fight scene felt like a strange fit in this film.

And the humour is a real achievement in this film that's got plenty of isolation and pain. The first image of Ashley we get is of her crying. Justin, meanwhile, has made peace with his loneliness, and of course, later, we hear why, and there's death there.

Meanwhile, the women seem to be living burdensome lives, with little agency. It’s all heavy stuff, and yet, it's phenomenal that Girish A.D.’s film remains effortlessly funny, characters chiming in with casual one-liners, sometimes even after a scene has seemingly ended. There’s also some slapstick comedy, some absurd comedy when Glikson suggests that Ashley can be kidnapped from nuns because they are sworn to silence, and someone asks why they can’t simply write about it... and I ended up laughing.

The music by Vishnu Vijay never gets intrusive, with songs gracefully entering and exiting almost like they weren't there, the music happy to accentuate the beauty of everyday life and character interactions. Some of the showy transitions add character to the film too, and I remember being impressed by quite a few of them, including that opening shot of Justin. This reminds me of other well-composed images, like the one early on when Ashley is playing the guitar and the camera uses the doorway to frame her, communicating her isolation. That image really spoke to my own feelings of isolation.

It’s a sweet film that seems to believe in destiny (“I’m meant to be with you”; “You’re the first person I saw”), and in a kind of rejuvenation. In fact, I often thought the film itself felt like a child: happy and innocent in the face of pain, with a great capacity for recovery and optimism. And yet, I thought two ideas seemed a bit out of place in this sensitive film: Justin slapping his brother about (even though, yes, he cares), and to a lesser degree, this film, with its many alcohol addicts, normalising, perhaps even romanticising, alcohol use... before, of course, it cleverly wakes up to the idea of Justin giving up alcohol for Ashley.

But I’m really moved by films like Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, films that remember to cherish plains of beauty that are often overlooked, as they seem to exist between affecting valleys of sadness, isolation and social pressure. It's perhaps why the film isn’t celebrating the wins as much as it is celebrating the moments that lead to the high of those wins, and those that follow. The interval arrives almost quietly, moments after the high of a romantic proposal has been allowed to come down. The end comes not when Justin reciprocates Ashley’s feelings, but after they both agree to quietly get married, so he can get a visa to join her in Ireland.

And I like that Ashley’s love itself blooms over no dramatic, cinematic events, but realistic, everyday ones. Oh, you drive a car well? Oh, you can sort out a laptop? Oh, you like the same music as I do? Ashley and Justin briefly discuss The Breeders and their song Off You, a song about... breaking away. And perhaps that’s what both of them are learning to do in their lives. Justin learns to break away from romantic isolation; Ashley learns to break away from being controlled by her family. New roads lead to new places; for some, that might mean cutting off a harmful family; for some, leaving a familiar land; for many others, perhaps it is simply the realisation that love is beyond rules. For Ashley and Justin, it seems to be all of them.

[A Selvaraj @Crime_Selvaraj]

DOCTORS CONFIRMED THE WOMAN DIED OF ELECTROCUTION AFTER AUTOPSY

ASSISTANT ENGINEERS OF TNEB & GCC QUESTIONED AFTER WOMAN DIES FALLING INTO A ONE-FOOT DEEP PIT FILLED WITH RAINWATER IN ANNA NAGAR

Two assistant engineers from Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and Tangedco were questioned by Anna Nagar police on Thursday in connection with the death of a 59-year-old woman who was electrocuted after falling into a rainwater-filled pit left uncovered during stormwater drain work near Anna Nagar Tower Metro station on August 23. Meanwhile, doctors confirmed that the woman died of electrocution after performing an autopsy on the woman’s body.

The deceased, Kalavathi, lived with her husband Mohanraj and daughter Sangeetha (28) at Padi Pudunagar in Anna Nagar West Extension. She worked as a housekeeping employee at a sweet shop in Anna Nagar.

Kalavathi left home around 9 pm on August 23 after telling her daughter on the phone that she was going to a nearby church. Around 10.20 pm, she was walking towards Tower Metro station along Second Avenue when she fell into a pit about one foot deep. The pit had been dug for stormwater drain work and had filled with rainwater.

CCTV footage showed Kalavathi struggling in the water after she fell into the pit. She became motionless after some time. Passers-by, who suspected that the water could be electrically charged, alerted the police through the 100 helpline instead of attempting to rescue her.

Police reached the spot and, with the assistance of members of the public, recovered Kalavathi from the pit. She was taken to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead.

Police initially registered a case under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). Following the post-mortem examination, doctors confirmed that Kalavathi had died of electrocution, following which police altered the case to negligence.

The assistant engineers of GCC and Tangedco were summoned to Anna Nagar police station on Thursday. They appeared before Inspector Balasubramanian and were questioned about the stormwater drain work, the uncovered pit and the circumstances that led to the woman’s death.

Police were investigating whether lapses in the execution or supervision of the work and the presence of an electrical leakage contributed to the death and were examining the responsibility of the officials and contractor concerned.

Earlier News Link:
https://t.co/dtsnsZu21T

#CrimeSelvaraj #Chennai #ChennaiUpdates #ChennaiPolice #AnnaNagar #UncoveredPit #Electrocution #ExposedTNEBCables #TNEB #GCC #GreaterChennaiCorporation #TamilNaduElectricityBoard #TowerMetro #AnnaNagarTowerMetro

[Omjasvin M D @omjasvinMD]

How a 25-day-repair delay cost a life: The death of a 59-year-old woman in Anna Nagar wasn’t an accident or an act of god but was sheer negligence of two state agencies @chennaicorp and @TANGEDCO_Offcl who were aware of the hazards and yet they did not act on it for 25 days.

According to communications, Tangedco Anna Nagar North AE on July 31 in a letter flagged that the storm water drain work had damaged high tension and low tension lines in 11 locations in the stretch, including the accident spot at Anna Nagar metro. The official in the letter to @chennaicorp said the wires were partially damaged in four locations, fully damaged in four locations and punctured in three locations. The AE sought immediate repair from @chennaicorp as it was causing long outages and disrepute to the TNPDCL.

The GCC ward 103 AE only forwarded this letter to the contractor, executing the storm after drain project, on Aug 17, after a delay of 17 days.

The contractor procured the LT & HT lines by Aug 22.

There were two full days for the Tangedco to fix it and they didn’t. The 59-year-old woman died on 24th night.

[Kumar @kumarpolitician]

Why is crossing the Chennai One signal on Radial Road a nightmare during peak hours?
Traffic queues extend for more than a km, and commuters can take 10–15 mins just to cross the signal.

I used drone footage to identify where the traffic gets choked, what causes these bottlenecks, and what practical solutions could improve the situation.

Let’s look at the root causes. 🧵
@ChennaiTraffic @chennaicorp @sameerangs @CMOTamilnadu @AadhavArjuna @UpdatesChennai @OMRupdates #ChennaiOne #omr #radialroad #chennai #traffic

[Omjasvin M D @omjasvinMD]

Chennai Corporation, Tangedco negligence kills a 59-year-old woman, daughter demands justice.

Jurisdictional officials of Chennai Corporation and Tangedco both have gone Scot free, despite the executive wing of @chennaicorp, coming under @CMOTamilnadu’s MAWS department.

The 59-year-old woman fell into a SWD pit and was electrocuted. But why were the pits open for so long? The project work order was issued last Sept and work began in Jan. Since then, @timesofindia flagged the precarious condition of the road three times, with a recent report last week. Yet, the pits nor the EB wires were closed or plugged.

Yesterday, the stretch remained the same with protruding sharp roads, EB wires running inside and outside the water laden pits.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

If you are an engineer or scientist or doctor turning to business, the first thing I would suggest is "Please go on a lot of sales calls, face rejection if necessary, but persist".

You will develop better communication skills as you realise that explaining your ideas is not so easy.

You will develop respect for sales people.

You may even become good at business!

There is no such thing as a business without selling something. Sometimes the most obvious thing has to be said!

[Dhanya Rajendran @dhanyarajendran]

Around 9.30 pm on August 23, Sangeetha got a call from her mother M Kalavathi. “I’ll be late getting home, you have dinner and go to sleep,”

The next thing she knew, her mother had fallen into a waterlogged pit in Chennai and died. Who is responsible? As usual, no one.

@NitheshReports writes

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[David Manohar @DavidManohar7]

All these Banners on Old Shandy Road, Pallavaram, Where T 3, Pallavaram Police Station is situated, right in front. What say, the Police officials to this. @CMOTamilnadu @Chief_Secy_TN @tnpdial100 @COPTBM @tnpoliceoffl @Tambaram_Corp @StmCantt

[Omjasvin M D @omjasvinMD]

Pour concrete and make money has been the norm in the past few years, it appears to be. How @chennaicorp has destroyed a park by pouring concrete into sand in the name of development, preventing any form of water percolation thereby destroying ground water recharge. Which official, politician benefitted from this project? The govt has to remove all sorts of concrete, and redo the park entirely.

[Dr P Thiaga Rajan (PTR) @ptrmadurai]

Just landed in Chennai after an aborted landing attempt which the Co-Pilot later explained was due to an ATC instruction to abort based on "unexpected movement on the runway."

While I've experienced other aborted landings around the world in a life filled with travel, they have always been weather-related - the pilot and/or ATC deciding that the risk is beyond tolerance due to wind shifts or rain/snow/ice.

Such "runway protocol" exceptions are signs of potential Infrastructure/ATC overload, and therefore potentially pose grave risk of systemic failure. I trust the @DGCAIndia and the @MoCA_GoI have a procedure in place to analyze every single such instance, and draw lessons to improve runway protocols.

Throughout the history of civil aviation, the takeoff and landing are the riskiest parts of any flight. Infrastructure/Administrative overload should not increase this further, especially in India where growth in civil aviation shines as one of the brightest spots in our development over the past decades.

[தேவர் S. Muralidharan @BalambalMurali]

Dear @CMOTamilnadu,

It is with great pain and frustration that I am writing this.

In our area, there was absolutely no necessity for constructing a new stormwater drain. There was already a well established sewage canal, reportedly a British era construction, with a natural drainage system leading towards the Adyar River.

Around 15 December 2025, work on the stormwater drain commenced. In the process, the existing canal was indiscriminately excavated and destroyed, without apparently establishing what infrastructure lay underneath. Sewage was mixed with the Metro Water pipeline, roads were damaged and the entire neighbourhood was thrown into chaos.

Today, nearly eight and a half months later, the situation remains unresolved. We continue to face severe traffic congestion, water stagnation and a serious mosquito menace.

Most alarmingly, the Metro Water Department has still not identified or rectified the point at which sewage is contaminating the water supply. Consequently, residents have been unable to safely use the Metro Water supply and are being forced to purchase tanker water at considerable expense.

This cannot simply be dismissed as an unfortunate infrastructure failure. There must be accountability for how such a project was conceived, sanctioned, executed and supervised. If there has been corruption, collusion or gross negligence, the entire chain of responsibility must be investigated, including the concerned Minister, Mayor, senior officials, engineers, contractors and other persons responsible, irrespective of their political affiliation.

What has happened amounts to a Himalayan waste of public money and has caused enormous hardship to ordinary citizens. Beautiful residential streets have been destroyed, public infrastructure damaged and, even after eight and a half months, the project remains incomplete.

I had earlier approached the Hon'ble High Court through a PIL in public interest. Unfortunately, my petition was dismissed. I may not understand the reasons for that outcome, but I am certainly not going to abandon the issue.

If necessary, I will now pursue the matter in my individual capacity and seek appropriate legal remedies against the Greater Chennai Corporation and all other authorities responsible for the continuing hardship caused to residents.

I respectfully request you to take personal note of this issue and order a comprehensive, independent inquiry into the entire project, including the tendering process, execution, destruction of the existing drainage infrastructure, contamination of the Metro Water supply, expenditure incurred and the continuing failure to complete the work.

The people of this area have suffered enough.
Please support us in bringing accountability to this matter.
Thank you.

[Ram M Sundaram @ramsundaramTOI]

TOI IMPACT: Within 24 hours of our news article, the woman's home got electricity after a 17-year wait.

@CTR_Nirmalkumar @timesofindia

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

What if all legal cockroaches come together?

[Chennai Updates @UpdatesChennai]

The best minister in the cabinet from our PoV. @VigneshTvkCbe who fighting the Tasmac mafia & nexus. Plz privatise it at the earliest. Will do the state so good...🙌🙏

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

There is much more to this than meets the eye.

A compromised PM was forced to sell India’s interest. India is paying a huge price.

[Shyam Prasad @shyamprasadr]

@CMOTamilnadu @cmrlofficial can we please do away with this unnecessary revolving door contraption at the Airport metro entry? Only ensures frustrating delays at rush hour, awkwardness and jostling ! State may not be able to fix the airport, but the metro infra can be sorted?😅

[Vijay @vijayb30]

Every day during peak hours, this is the scene outside Airport Metro. Passengers end up wasting 3–4 minutes just to get through these gates, creating unnecessary delays. Surely there’s a better way to manage this. Pls find an efficient solution @cmrlofficial @aaichnairport