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By Our Staff ReporterThe garbage bin kept on Arangappan Street, West

Mambalam is damaged.There are large openings in the sides of the bin which are

used by goats and other scavengers to hunt for food dumpedin the bin.

Garbage is spilling out of the openings and the surroundingsare in an unhygienic condition.

Passers-by and nearby residents are badly affected by thefoul smell which is also leading to a proliferation of mosquitoes.

The picture was taken on Dec. 21.

Damaged bin provides fodderfor goats

A number of mobile toilets in damaged conditionhave been lying under the ‘No Parking’ signboardoutside Corporation Division Office 136 on MasilamaniStreet, T. Nagar for several weeks.

Unused toilets dumpedunder ‘No Parking’

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ISKCON program in Mambalamon Saturdays

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness(ISKCON), Injambakkam, conducts ‘Bakthi Vriksha’programs from 7 p.m to 9 p.m on Saturdays at 28,South K. R. Koil Street, West Mambalam.

The program includes bhajans, congregationalchanting and Bhagwad Gita classes. More details canbe had in phone 2371 3606 or from Ranga Krishna Das(2474 4900, 98400 27800). All are welcome.

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Convict who fled with anotherconvict’s gold held

By Our Staff ReporterManikandan, a history-sheeter, who was hiding in his relative’s

house in T. Nagar, was arrested on Dec. 17.He had gone absconding with the jewellery given to him by

another convict Dashvath (22) for safe keeping.Dashvath had stolen the jewellery from his house after

murdering his mother and had handed it over to Manikandanas he was on the run. Dashvath killed his mother for thejewellery while on bail for an earlier crime but was laterarrested.

Manikandan confessed to the police that he had sold thejewellery to pawnbrokers.

Rs. 12,000 burgled from 2 shopsin Ashok Nagar

By Our Staff ReporterBurglars broke into two shops in 12th Main Road, Ashok

Nagar and took away Rs. 12,000 in cash and CCTV camerasfrom one of the shops on Dec. 18 night.

They first broke into a medical shop on 12th Main Road andburgled Rs. 8,000 cash and the CCTV cameras installed in theshop, and later Rs. 4,000 cash from a tailor shop on the sameroad.

According to the police, the thieves also took away thecomputer in which the CCTV recordings were stored.

Ashok Nagar Police are investigating the cases.

Residential buildingsdemolished to make way

for parking lotsSeveral residential properties on streets adjoining Usman

Road, T. Nagar have been demolished to make way for parkinglots in the busiest shopping area in the city.

While a few are maintained by big showrooms for customers,most are operated as paid parking lots. While some residentsof the area said that this helps bring down haphazard parkingon streets, others alleged that the parking lots violateddevelopment rules of the Chennai Metropolitan DevelopmentAuthority (CMDA).

About 20 parking lots have come up on 10 streets betweenthe bus terminus and Duraisamy Road junction on UsmanRoad, most of them in the last two years.

As several big showrooms in T. Nagar area do not haveparking lots on their premises or have inadequate parkingspace, some have converted residential properties into parkinglots after demolishing existing structures though they may bea little distance away. These

parking lots sport the names of the showrooms.Private parking lots mostly accommodate two-wheelers on

an hourly basis.However, T. Nagar Residents’ Welfare Association alleged

that such facilities operating in residential zones for commercialpurposes violate laws. Though it claimed that the land use mapof CMDA clearly classifies a majority of the streets in T. Nagaras residential zones where commercial activities cannot bepermitted, a CMDA official clarified that reclassification ofzone is not required for utilising premises in a residential zonefor commercial parking lots.

Steep hike in fee for lateregistration of births, deaths

By Our Staff ReporterThe Tamilnadu Health Department has hiked the fee for late

registration of births and deaths.The fee for registration after one year has been increased to

Rs. 500 from Rs. 10, while the fee for registration between 30days and one year has been raised to Rs. 200 from Rs. 5.

For registration after 21 days, the fee is Rs. 100.The fee for seeking records with regard to births and deaths

registration has also been revised to Rs.100 for every yearrequired.

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By Our StaffReporter

2 feet diameterpipes almost 20 feetlong belonging toMetrowater De-partment havebeen lying on themargin of Nara-simhan Street,West Mambalamfor several months.

A large pile ofstones is also foundbeside them.

They are blockingthe pavement andalmost half of the

Metrowater pipes block margin of NarasimhanStreet

carriageway.Residents have requested

Metrowater officials to removethe pipes from the spot as they

are causing inconvenience toboth pedestrians and motor-ists.

They also complained that

dogs are taking shelter insidethe pipes and passers-by haveconverted the spot into an openurinal.

Krishnamacharielected as VP,Young Men’s

Indian AssociationBy Our

StaffReporterR. P.

Krishna-m a c h a r i(ManagingDirector ,

Tex Biosciences Pvt. Ltd.,Textan House, 75, 4th Avenue,Ashok Nagar) has been electedas Vice President of The YoungMen’s Indian Association(YMIA).

Gurumurthy (Editor,Thuglak) is the President ofthe Association.

YMIA was started by AnnieBesant in 1914.

By Our Staff ReporterV. Rachna (staying presently with her

grand parents in 8, JagadeeswaranStreet, T. Nagar) will give a bhara-tanatyam recital at 6.15 p.m on Tues-day, Dec. 26 in R.R. Sabha (30/1,Sundareswarar Street, Mylapore), aspart of Margazhi music vizha.

She is a resident of Canada.She started learning bharatanatyam

at the age of 3 years. She was a discipleof Sujata Rajendran and later honed herskills under Divya Shiva Sundar.

She had her arangetram in 2015 inSivagami Pethachi Auditorium, Chennai.

She was a finalist this year in theThyagaraya Aradhanai Festival heldannually in Cleveland, USA.

Rachna’s bharatanatyam performanceon Tuesday

She is currently a disciple of Guru Selvi Sureshwaran in Toronto. More details can be hadin 99402 39720.

4-day discourses/religiousconcerts in AyodhyaMandapam from todayBy Our Staff Reporter

Grand Bhajan Carnival (B7,Siddharth Apartments, 17Balakrishna (N) Street, WestMambalam, Ph:94442 19724)has organised a 4-day programof religious discourse and con-certs by renowned Vedic schol-ars, Upanyasakaars and mu-sicians for the 10th consecu-tive year from Saturday, Dec.23 to Tuesday, 26 in AyodhyaMandapam (Arya GowdaRoad, West Mambalam).

The following are details:Saturday, Dec. 235 a.m: Nagara sankeer-

thanam by Sri Sathya SaiSeva Samithi (West Mam-balam).

6 p.m: Mangala isai byMambalam Sundar San-thanam group in Om Murga-shramam (Srinivasa Street,West Mambalam).

Sunday, Dec. 246.30 a.m: Vedha gosham by

Veda Vidhya Samithi.7 a.m: Namasankeer-

thanam Unjavrithi from OmMurgashram to AyodhyaMandapam led by V. V.Radhakrshna Bagavathar.

8.30 a.m: Thodayaman-galam by Trichy PitchaiBaghavathar.

9.30 a.m: Guruthrayadhyana keerthanas by Udai-yulur Kalayanarama Bagha-vathar

11 a.m: Devotional concerton Maha Periyava by KarthickGnaneshwara Baghavathar.

12.30 p.m: Devotional con-cert by Vijayakrishnan andBalaji.

2 p.m: Geetha Govindam byThepperumanallur Nara-simha Baghavathar andValangaiman RaghuramBaghavathar.

4 p.m: Sri Krishna LeelaTharangini by KanupurMahadeva Baghavathar.

5.30 p.m: Sri VishnuSahasranaama paarayanam.

6 p.m: Bhadrachalam SriRamadoss keerthans bySavitha Sriram.

7 p.m: Release of the book‘Bhajanamrutham’ penned bySri Krishna Premi Swamigal.The 1st copy will be receivedby Kadayanallur TukaramGanapathi Maharaj

8.30 p.m: Divyanaamasankeerthanam by Thala-pathi Soundarajan Bhaga-vathar.

10.30 p.m: Dola utsvam.Monday, Dec. 258 a.m: Sri Puranadassar

keerthanas by ThanjavurThyagaraja Baghavathar.

10 a.m: Namasankeer-thanam by Balaguru Samba-moorthy Bagavathar.

10.30 a.m: Sadasiva Brah-mendra and Sivan keerthanasby Adithya Ramesh; 12.30 p.m:Dhyana keerthanas by

Manjapoora Mohan.2 p.m: Namasankeer-

thanam by Sung Su SenBagavathar from Malaysia.

3 p.m: Namasankeer-thanam by Bangalore T. V.Hariharan Bagavathar.

4.30 p.m: Keerthanas by SriVanchiyam Sri Guruji KrupaMandali

5.15 p.m: Sri VishnuSahasranaama paarayanam.

6 p.m: Namasankeer-thanam by Brindha Radha-krishnan.

7 p.m: Religious discourse byMuralidhara Swamigal.

7.30 p.m: Divyanaamasankeerthanam by A. V. K.Rajasimha Bagavathar.

9.30 p.m; Dolotsavam byMumbai Sathya Bagavathar.

Dec. 25: 8 a.m: Samprathayabhajan by A. SrikanthBagavathar.

10 a.m: Sri Radha KalyanaMahotsavam by O. S. SundarBagavathar and AlazhapuzhaiSuresh Bagavathar;

12.30 p.m: Sri Sathya SaiBhajans by youth wing of SriSathyasai Seva Organization(Chennai Metro (West).

2 p.m: Namasankeer-thanam by SubhasreeRadhakrishnan

3 p.m: Panduranga Leelai byCuddalore Gopi Baghavathar.

5 p.m: Sri Vishnusahasranaa-ma paarayanam.

6 p.m: MuralidharaSwamigal keerthanas byGnaneshwar and Vaithe-swaran.

7 p.m: Lord Ayyappabhajans.

8.30 p.m: Namasankeer-thanam by Sri GnanandaBhajan Mandali.

Tuesday, Dec. 26:8 a.m: Thirupuzhal by

Thirupuzhal Anbargal.10 a.m: Sri Thyagaraja

Swamigal’s pancharathnakeerthanas by ThirumalaBrothers Sampath andSerukudi Sister and Dr.Vijayalakshmi.

11.30 p.m: UthakaaduVenkatasubbhaiar keer-thanas by PapanasamRamani Baghavathar.

1 p.m: Krishna Premikeerthanas by UdaiyalurBalarama Baghavathar.

3 p.m: Devotional concert byJ. B. Keerthana Sriram andSruthi Sagar.

5 p.m: Sri Vishnu Saha-sranaama paarayanam.

6 p.m: Abanga sankeer-thanam by KadaiyanallurRajagopal Baghavathar.

8 p.m: Anjaneya utsavamby Sri Vanchiyam Sri GurujiKrupa Mandali.

10 p.m: Unjavrithi fromAyodhya Mandapam toMurugashram.

10.30 p.m: Mangala Aarathi.All are welcome.

Discourse on‘Nachiar Thirumozhi’tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Chandilyan Arakattalai,in association with KothaBaktha Samajam (WestMambalam), has organizedThiruppavai on Sunday, Dec.24 in Pandian Hall, StationRoad, West Mambalam.

It will start with Nama-sankeerthanam at 10.15 a.m,followed by Srinidhi Samy’sdiscourse on ‘NachiarThirumozhi’ at 11.30 a.m.

All are welcome.

Ayyappa BakthaSamithi celebratesGolden JubileeBy Our Staff Reporter

To mark its Golden Jubileeyear, Ayyappa BakthaSamithi (RE Apartments, 15,Nakkeeran Street, WestMambalam) is performingspecial poojas and archanai onSaturday, Dec. 23 and Sun-day, Dec. 24 in SriRamakrishna KalyanaMandapam (Raju Street, WestMambalam). The poojas be-gan on Friday, Dec. 22.

There is Annadhanam atnoon.

Devotional songs on LordAyyappa are rendered by themembers of the Samithi in themorning and evening.

A souvenir will be released tomark the Golden Jubilee year.

All are welcome.

An open pit in Habibullah Road, near Devar Mandapam, is filledwith foul smelling brackish coloured water. It serves as a breedingground for mosquitoes.

Residents and nearby shopkeepers have requested ChennaiCorporation to pump out the putrid water and close the pit.

Pit filled with putrid waterin Habibullah Road

Bike thief heldduring routinecheckBy Our Staff Reporter

Ajith Kumar of ReddyKuppam, who had stolen aparked bike from Pondy Ba-zaar, was arrested during aroutine check at Teynampetjunction on Anna Salai.

During the check, policemenfound that his identity did notmatch with that in the vehicle’sregistration papers found onthe bike. When he gave devi-ous answers, he was taken infor questioning. He confessedthat he had stolen the bikeparked on the roadside in PondyBazaar.

Police later recovered eightstolen bikes from him.

He was remanded to judicialcustody and further investiga-tion is on.122 persons got their eye tested

during the special screening organisedjointly by Jaimaa Trust and SriBhuvaneswari Charitable Trust inMCN School, Habibullah Road, T.Nagar on Dec. 15.

77 persons detected with visionproblems were given free spectacles.

14 persons diagnosed with cata-ract will undergo free surgery inSankara Nethralaya.

The screening was done using the‘Mobile Teleophthalmology’ equip-ment acquired recently by the hospi-tal. Teleophthalmology is a branch oftelemedicine that delivers eye care

14 to undergo free cataract surgery

through digital medical equipment and telecommunications technology. Those interested insupporting the ongoing project of Jaimaa Trust or wish to offer voluntary service may contact99400 30939.

Sarvajana RakshaSamithi offers freematrimonialserviceBy Our Staff Reporter

Sarvajana Raksha Samithi(9A, Madley Road, T. Nagar), anot for profit trust, has starteda free matrimonial service.

Parents seeking themarriage of their son/daughtercan register.

They can collect data ofprospective grooms or brides,which is updated every month.

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for Christmas/New Year inneighbourhoodchurchesBy Our Staff Reporter

The following are the detailsof special services forChristmas and New Year inneighbourhood churches:

ECI Aruputhanathar Deva-layam (64/21, Govindan Road,West Mambalam)

Dec. 25: 4 a.m: Christmasmass; 6 p.m: Special eveningmass.

Dec. 28: 6 p.m: Eveningmass.

Dec. 30: 6 a.m: Year endprayer; 6 p.m: Evening mass.

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

Holy Cross Church (76,South Boag Road, T. Nagar)

Dec. 24: 9 p.m: English carols;9.30 p.m: Mass (English); 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: Adorationmidnight: Tamil mass.

Jan. 2: 8.30 a.m: Englishmass; 9 a.m: Tamil mass.

By Our Staff ReporterA worker was seen spray

painting a portion of a wallwhich is part of a largeChristmas Crib being made inSt. Mathias Church, Kama-

Big model of Christmas Cribto be displayed in St. Mathias

Church

rajar Salai, Ashok Nagar forChristmas and New Year.

There will be a specialexhibition of art objects in thecrib representing the birth ofJesus.

Amnesty scheme forunauthorised constructionsextended by 3 monthsBy Our Staff Reporter

Tamilnadu Govt. has extendedthe amnesty scheme by threemonths to owners of illegal con-structions built before July 1,2007.

A gazette notification will beissued soon, said an official.

He said that violators havepreferred to stay away ratherthan apply for regularisation oftheir unauthorised construc-tions.

He said that only 35 personshave applied under the schemewherein the developer or builderor house owner has to pay mul-tiple infrastructure and ameni-ties charges as penalty, beforeregularising of the buildings.

He said that the scheme, fac-ing legal hurdles over its valid-ity, is now sub-judice, and the

court order is awaited. However,applications are being accepted,he added.

7-day discourses on ‘KrishnaLeelai’ from Jan. 7

Under the auspices ofVyagrapuri Kshetra KainkaryaSamithi (Ashok Nagar), ParanurVenkatakrishna Swamigal,

popularly known as R. HarijiAnna, will give discourses on‘Krishna Leelai’ for 7 days fromSunday, Jan. 7 to Saturday, Jan.13 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. inAyodhya Mandapam, WestMambalam. All are welcome.Concerts by leading musicians

in Hindu Vidyalaya from todayRasika Fine Arts (83, Lake View Road, West Mambalam)

and Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya (West Mambalam)have jointly organized their 14th annual music festival in theschool’s premises in Postal Colony (4th Street, West Mambalam)from Dec. 23 to 31. K. Pandiarajan (Minister for Tamil OfficialLanguage and Tamil Culture) will inaugurate the program inthe presence of S. Vedatamji (President, Visva Hindu VidyaKendra), Girija Seshadri (Secretary, Rasika Fine Arts) andmusicologist B. M. Sundaram.

Thanjavur R. Ramados (mridangam vidwan) will be honouredwith the title ‘Rasika Kala Bharathi’ which carries a cashcomponent of Rs. 1 lakh at 5.30 p.m on the inaugural day.

The following is the program: Dec. 23: 5 p.m: Mangala isai;5.30 p.m: Bhajans by differently-abled students; 7 p.m: Vocalconcert by Saashwathi Prabhu.

Dec. 24: 4.30 p.m: Vocal concert by Neyveli R. Rajalakshmi,accompanied by Ganesh Kumar (violin), Vaithyanathan(mridangam) and Krishnapriya (kanjira); 7 p.m: Pravachanamby Sundar Kumar.

Dec. 25: 4.30 p.m: ‘Dasavatharam’ by Divyanjali groupchoreographed by S. Divyasena; 7 p.m: Pravachanam bySundar Kumar.

Dec. 26: 4.30 p.m: Vocal concert by V. Subasri, accompaniedby Shraddha Ravindran (violin) and Arjun Narayanan(mridangam); 7 p.m: Vocal concert by GayathriVenkataraghavan, accompanied by Padma Shankar (violin),J. Vaidyanathan (mridangam) and Krishna Sriram (ghatam).

Dec. 27: 4.30 p.m: Vocal concert by S. Adithyanarayanan,accompanied by M. Srikanth (violin) and R. Akshay(mridangam); 7 p.m: Violin duet by Nagai R. Muralidharan andNagai R. Sriram, accompanied by Mannargudi A. Easwaran(mridangam) and B. S. Purushothaman (kanjira).

Dec. 28: 4.30 p.m: Vocal concert by Shwetha and Ramya,accompanied by Madhanmohan (violin), Punnur AravindKaushik (mridangam) and Bangalore Bhagyalakshmi M.Krishna (morsing); 7 p.m: Vocal concert by Maharajapuram S.Srinivasan, accompanied by Maharajapuram GaneshViswanathan (vocal support), B. U. Ganesh Prasad (violin),Melakaveri Balaji (mridangam) and Venkataraman (kanjira).

Dec. 29: 4.30 p.m: Music concert by the teachers of JaigopalGarodia and G. K. Shetty Hindu Vidyalaya; 7 p.m: Vocalconcert by N. Vijay Siva, accompanied by Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi(violin), N. C. Bharadwaj (mridangam) and S. Krishna (ghatam).

Dec. 30: 4.30 p.m: Music concert by the students of JaigopalGarodia and G. K. Shetty Hindu Vidyalaya; 7 p.m: Vocalconcert by Nithyasree Mahadevan, accompanied by Parur M.A. Krishnaswamy (violin), I. Shivakumar (mridangam) and H.Shivaramakrishnan (ghatam).

Dec. 31: 4.30 p.m: Vocal concert by Raghuveer Rangan andNarayan Rangan, accompanied by Swetha Anandasivan (vio-lin) and Venkat Ramakrishnan (mridangam); 7 p.m: Vocalconcert by Tiruvarur S. Girish, accompanied by VittalRamamurthy (violin) and Delhi Sairam (mridangam).

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Water leaking from Metrowater linenear TTD Temple

Sir, Metrowater hasbeen leakingfrom the pipe-line in Venka-tanarayanaRoad, T. Na-gar, near TTDtemple and infront ofTemple TreeApartments.

This has notbeen attendedto for a longtime by the department concerned leading tocolossal wastage of potable water.

Trust the authorities will look into this afterthe publication of the lapse in Mambalam Times.Krishnan, 5E Temple Tree Apartments,37, Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar

Appeal to reopen temple inPostal Colony 3rd Street

Sir, Sri Vadamadura Kannan Temple lo-cated in Postal Colony 3rd Street, WestMambalam is under the administrative con-trol of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endow-ments Department (Govt. of Tamilnadu).

It has not been functioning for more than 20years.

In spite of repeated appeals and reminders tothe HR & CE from devotees and other stake-holders from the neighbouring streets, theauthorities have not taken any steps to reopenthe temple.

So, I appeal to the HR & CE officials toreconsider the appeals of the devotees to re-open the temple and make arrangements forregular poojas. RM Devanatha Desikan(Honorary Secretary, Sri VadamaduaraKannan Bakthajana Sabha, WestMambalam)

Tribute to late K. BalachanderSir, Chennai reverberates with Carnatic

music in December/January each year formargazhi season. This year too, Sabhas arevying with one another to line up the top mu-sicians to present a sumptuous musical treatfor the rasikas.

Like all other Sabhas, Mudhra too has beencontributing to this rich tradition in its ownhumble way in Infosys Hall (RamakrishnaMission School, T. Nagar) for several years.

Besides organising concerts by veterans inthe field, it also encourages new talents andadds different varieties and thus provides awholesome treat to the rasikas. Though mostconcerts have tickets for entry, a few freeconcerts are also conducted.

On Dec. 16, it organised a special musicaltribute to the veteran Film Director, Late K.Balachander. Hit songs from his select movieswere presented by Ganesh-Krupa, the lesser-known twosome, who, it is said, were the in-separable companions of the late director.

Excellent song selection and delightful ren-dering by the experienced singers were thehallmark of the evening. In all, it was a lovelyevening and the audience was left spellboundby the performance and a trip back in time. V.S. Jayaraman, Motilal Street, T. Nagar

Long queues outside HanumarTemple, Ashok Nagar

Sir, There are few Vaishnavite temples inAshok Nagar.

The Hanumar Temple witnesses long queuesfor darshan which increase many fold onauspicious days. It would be a great service ifsome religious organisation or Good Samaritansconstruct a temple for Vaishnavites which willgo a long way in easing crowds thronging thenegligibly few temples in a 5-km. radius. N.Vijayaraghavan, Ashok Nagar

Stray dog menace inWest Mambalam

Sir, Of late, stray dog problems are on the risein residential areas in West Mambalam.

They roam in packs on the streets frighten-ing the public, especially during night and earlymorning. They often squat in groups on pave-ments thereby blocking the way for pedestri-ans. Their incessant barking at night disturbsthe sleep.Hence I request the authorities con-cerned to take immediate action to capture thedogs and relocate them. R. Swaminathan,West Mambalam

Delay in issue of smart cardsSir, After hectic follow-up and submission of

various documents again and again, I finallyreceived an SMS informing that I could collectthe smart card from the ration shop. When Iwent to collect the card, I was told to come inthe first week of next month.

When I told the shop assistant about thereceipt of the message, I was told that thedistribution of cards had been suspended inview of the by-poll in R. K. Nagar and were stillto be received from the office.

I do not understand why the distribution ofthe cards should be stopped since it is an on-going process. K. Harihar, T. Nagar

Appeal for mobile connectivity inunderground metro section

Sir, I regularly travel by metro rail fromAshok Nagar to Shenoy Nagar.

There is still no mobile connectivity in theunderground section between Thirumangalamand Nehru Park, which was inaugurated inMay. Chennai Metro Rail Limited had assuredmobile connectivity within 3 months of launch,but it is still not available.

As per recent media reports, CMRL hasinstalled signal boosters which are being tested.

Today, mobile is the best medium of contactin case of emergency, and CMRL should takeimmediate steps to implement it in the under-ground section without further delay.

In case of any untoward incident in theunderground section, mobile is the best way tocommunicate instantly. R. Bhargav, 10thAvenue, Ashok Nagar

Shoddy Metrowater work at AlagirisamySalai / Lakshmanasamy Salai junction

The rear right wheel of a truck over-loaded with construction material gotstuck in an improperly filled trench dugby workers of Metrowater Dept. inAlagirisamy Salai, near its junction withLakshmanasamy Salai at around 11a.m on Dec. 21.

As the truck could not be moved, acrane had to be engaged to pull thewheel free from the trench. A couple ofdays back, a MTC bus also suffered thesame fate at the spot.

Vehicle movement was hampered forclose to four hours as the junction wasclosed to traffic. The trench, which wasdug to undertake repair work to an underground pipeline, was not closed properly after the workwas completed. It is a busy stretch and frequented by heavy vehicles including MTC buses.

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‘Sorga vaasal’ darshan inneighbourhood temples

on Dec. 29By Our Staff Reporter

On the occasion of Vaikunda Ekadasi, devoteescan have ‘Sorga vaasal’ darshan in neighbourhoodtemples on Friday, Dec. 29

Sorga Vassal will open at the following timingsand will remain open throughout the day:

Sathayanarayana Perumal Temple (SrinvasaStreet, West Mambalam); Sri AlarmelmangaSamedha Prasanna Venkatesa PerumalTemple (Mettupalayam Road, West Mambalam);Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (Venkatana-rayana Road, T. Nagar) and Prasanna VenkatesaPerumal Temple (Gangaikonda Chozhan Street,MGR Nagar): from 4.30 a.m

Sri Kothandaramar Temple (K. R. Koil Street,West Mambalam); Sri Narayana PerumalThirukoil (Baroda Street, West Mambalam) andSri Siva Vishnu Temple (Usman Road, T. Nagar):from 5 a.m.

Special poojas will be conducted in all the templesthroughout the day.

All are welcome.

DharmasasthaThirukalyanam in NorthBoag Road on Dec. 31By Our Staff Reporter

Gurusamy ‘Agri’ Kannan (resident of Q-Block, 3,Prem Nagar Colony, South Boag Road, T. Nagar) hasorganized Sri Dharmasastha Thirukalyanam for the33rd year between 10.30 a.m and noon on Sunday, Dec.31 in Gandhimathi Kalyana Mandapam (11 B, NorthBoag Road, T. Nagar).

It will be performed by V. S. Subramaniyan (AsthanaBaghavathar of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam).

As a prelude to the Thirukalyanam, there will bespecial poojas on Saturday, Dec. 30 in the same venue

6 a.m: Maha Ganapathi pooja followed byLaksharchanai to Sri Poorna Pushkala Samedha SriDharmasastha; 12.30 Annadhanam; 3 p.m:Sampradaya bhajan and meditation; 6 p.m: Vishnusahasranaamam and Lalitha sahasranaamam; 7.30p.m: Jaanavasam; 10 p.m: Dolotsavam.

Sunday, Dec. 31: 8 a.m: Unjavrithi followed byThirukalyanam, Anjaneya utsavam andAnnadaanam.

All are welcome. More details can be had in 9840305141, 97898 25596.

Group singing ofThirupavai in Jeeva ParkBy Our Staff Reporter

Being the month of Marghazhi, the walkersand joggers of Jeeva Park (G. N. Chetty Road,T. Nagar) led by K. C. Srinivasan Desikan sing‘Andal’s Thirupavai’ daily at 5 a.m the park.

All are welcome to join the group singingsession.

For more details, call Srinivasan in 9790974624.

Vishnu Sahasranaamamchanting in Sai BabaTemple todayBy Our Staff Reporter

Chennai Group of Sri Vishnu SahasranaamaMandalis, in association with World Shirdi Sai BabaOrganisation, has organised mass chanting of Sri VishnuSahasranaamam from 4 p.m to 5 p.m on SaturdayDec. 23 in Sai Baba Temple, Pinjala SubramanianStreet, T. Nagar. All are welcome.

More details can be had in 95001 77505.

Reprieve for AirtelBy Our Staff Reporter

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) hasallowed Bharti Airtel to conduct eKYC verification for itstelecom subscribers till Jan. 10 with stiff riders but maintainedits ‘suspension’ order on Airtel Payments Bank.

Airtel, India’s largest telecom company with 282 millionsubscribers, got the temporary reprieve with conditions afterRs. 138 crore Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) was repaid into55.63 lakh original accounts of its customers, sources said.

The second interim order to this effect has been passed byUIDAI keeping in view convenience of customers and also theMarch 31 deadline given by the Supreme Court for mobile SIMre-verification.

The authority will take a view on the issue after it receivesa report from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the TelecomDepartment on Jan. 10.

UIDAI had earlier prohibited Bharti Airtel and the AirtelPayments Bank from conducting eKYC e-verification for exist-ing and new customers.

This followed allegations that the telecom major had surrep-titiously on-boarded customers to its bank while carrying outtheir Aadhaar verification.

The issue of unauthorised linkage came to the fore when thegovernment’s social-sector subsidy linked to LPG cooking gaslanded in the Airtel Payments bank accounts of many custom-ers. The customers cried foul and said that they had not evensigned up for Airtel Payments Bank account.

LED conversion of streetlightsin T. NagarBy Our Staff Reporter

Chennai Corporation will replace 1,780 sodium vapourstreetlights in T. Nagar (under Zone 10) with LED lights by theend of this month.

According to an official, so far LED lights have been fitted to4553 streetlights and the remaining 1780 will be completed bythe month end.

He said that LED lights consume less power, last longer andare environmentally safer.

“In the next phase, their functioning will be automated. Thelights will be centrally monitored from Ripon Buildings. Anynon-working lights will generate alerts and faults will be de-tected automatically,” he said.

Discourses in Kasi ViswanatharTemple till Jan. 14By Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of Iraipanikazhaga Arakattalai,Panampattu V. Ravichandran Ganapathidasan will deliverdiscourses on ‘F¼ªõ‹ð£¬õ, F¼ðœOâ¿„C,F¼ªõ‹ð£¬õ, F¼ðœOâ¿„C,F¼ªõ‹ð£¬õ, F¼ðœOâ¿„C,F¼ªõ‹ð£¬õ, F¼ðœOâ¿„C,F¼ªõ‹ð£¬õ, F¼ðœOâ¿„C,Cõ¹ó£í‹Cõ¹ó£í‹Cõ¹ó£í‹Cõ¹ó£í‹Cõ¹ó£í‹’ at 6.30 a.m daily, till Sunday, Jan. 14 in Sri KasiViswanathar Temple, West Mambalam.

The special discourses have been organised on account ofMarghazhi. All are welcome.

Free fine arts class forstudents tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

J. Robinson (Educationist) will conduct a ‘Fine artsclass’ for students in the age group of 5 years to 15years from 10 a.m to 12 noon, on Sunday, Dec. 24 inKids Section, Circle Library, 11th Avenue, Ashok Nagar.

More details can be had in 2371 9319 or 9841882138.

Talk on Thiru Arutpa onTuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of Vallalar Sanmarga Sangam(V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph: 94453 43706),Kolapakkam Santhanam will give a discourse on ‘ThiruArutpa – õœ÷ô£K¡ Ý¡eè ¹ó†C’ Tuesday, Dec.26, in Sakthi Vinayagar Temple (P. T. Rajan Salai, K.K. Nagar).

All are welcome.

REQUEST TO READERS!Please help us to serve you better! Mambalam

Times is being delivered free at every doorstep inthis neighbourhood week after week. If our

delivery boy skips your house or flat in any week,please call 98409 70091 between 10.30 a.mand 5 p.m on week days to enable us to take

effective and immediate remedial action.

Discourses on ‘Saisath Saritha’Under the auspices of Sri Shirdi Sai Meditation Mandir (6,

Sarojini Street, T. Nagar) there are discourses on ‘Sri SaisathSaritha’ at 6.30 p.m on Sundays in its premises.

T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) told Mambalam Times thatmass spiritual healing is conducted at 7.30 p.m on Thursdaysand Sundays. All are welcome. More details can be had inphones 2643 2323, 4212 5118 and 94444 53777.

73.45% voting in R. K. Nagarby-electionBy Our Staff Reporter

It is estimated that 73.4 per cent of the electorate cast theirvotes in the R. K. Nagar by-election on Dec. 21.

According to election authorities, 73.45 per cent of the2,28,234 voters in the constituency exercised their franchisetill the end of polling at 5 p.m.

There were no reports of any untoward incidents.The R. K. Nagar seat fell vacant after the death of Chief

Minister J. Jayalalithaa, and has remained vacant for morethan a year.

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By Our Staff ReporterA commercial complex on

Anna Main Road, near K. K.Nagar Bus Terminus wassealed for building violationson Dec. 18.

According to an official, theowner had constructed an ad-ditional floor to the sanctionedground plus one floor. He saidthat the action follows litiga-tion involving the occupantsand the landlord which alsorevealed violations of the plan-ning permission.

Apart from other shops, thecomplex also houses a branchof the popular restaurant chainSaravana Bhavan.

A shop owner toldMambalam Times that theenforcement officials came inthe morning and started seal-

Corporation seals commercial complexin K. K. Nagar

ing the building. “We had no prior notice of the action and almost all shops were open and functioning when the building wassealed,” he said.

Free Veda classeson SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Sathya Sai SevaOrganisation (Chennai MetroWest, West MambalamSamithi) will conduct free Vedaclasses from January.

Classes will be held onSundays from 7 a.m to 8 a.m inSBS Flats, Postal Colony FirstStreet, West Mambalam.

For more details, contactRamamurthy in 94447 73926or Krishnan in 94000 50306.

By Our Staff ReporterWith Christmas and New

Year approaching, sale ofgift items has picked up.

Shops in Pondy Bazaar,Raghavaiah Road, G. N.Chetty Road and Laksh-minathan Salai (T. Nagar)are selling novelties, giftsand decorative items.

They include models ofSanta Claus, Santa Clauscaps, Christmas trees,bells, caps and otherdecorative items.

Christmas/New Year shopping picks uppace

Special programfor Sani PeyarchiBy Our Staff Reporter

Shirdi Sayee Bala PrarthanaCentre (6, Sarojini Street, T.Nagar) will celebrate ‘Sanee-swarar Peyarchi Thiruvizha’on Sunday, Dec. 24 in TAGAuditorium, DhandapaniStreet, T. Nagar.

The following is the program:8 a.m: Veda Paarayanam.9 a.m: Chanting of Lalitha

Sahasranaamam, VishnuSahasranaamam, HanumamChalisa, Sani BhagawanKavacham, Kolaru Pathigam.

10 a.m: Special Pooja to SaniBhagawan.

11 a.m: Lecture on astrologi-cal impact of Sani’s transit.

12 noon: Prayer for worldpeace and prosperity.

All are welcome.For more details contact

Tiruvalluvar (ManagingTrustee) in 94444 53777, 26432323.

By Our Staff ReporterSewage water leaked

and accumulated on theroad from a clogged man-hole close to the centralmedian on North UsmanRoad, T. Nagar nearParthasarathy Puramfrom noon on Dec. 21.

Traffic police installedbarricades around themanhole on both sides ofthe median to cautionmotorists.

As almost 1/3rd of thecarriageway on either side

Sewage leak in North Usman Roadhinders traffic

of the median in the shortstretch became unusable, itcaused heavy traffic jamthroughout the day.

A motorist told MambalamTimes that during peak hours,it was almost a bumper tobumper ride and it took him

more than 30 minutes to crossthe stretch on the night of Dec.21. Metrowater workers em-ployed a sucker machine toclear the block in the manholechamber on Dec. 22 and thebarricades were removed torestore free flow of traffic.

Man robbed of9 sovereigns inMangesh StreetBy Our Staff Reporter

Four persons robbed 9sovereigns of jewellery from a43-year-old man in T. Nagaron Dec. 16.

Lakshmanan, who works ina jewellery shop in Pura-sawalkam, had come to T.Nagar to get a hallmark sealfor four rings and one chain,weighing 9 sovereigns.

While he was riding throughMangesh Street, four menintercepted him at a secludedspot.

They presented themselvesas policemen on election dutyand frisked him

They took the jewellery keptin his handbag, threatened himwith physical harm and fledfrom the spot.

Lakshmanan lodged acomplaint in MambalamPolice Station which is underinvestigation.

Recitation of VaishnavaJanatho /VadavarayaiMathakki for students on Friday

Sri Aravinda-Bharati, Chennai has organised a reading ses-sion for Stds. 6 to 10 students from 4 p.m to 6 p.m, on Friday,Dec. 29 in Sister Subbalakshmi School, Guild Street, T. Nagar,behind Siva-Vishnu Temple.

They should recite the Tamil version of Vaishnava Janathoor Vadavarayai Mathakki poem from Silappathikaram.

For registration, call Kesavan in 99415 59778.