TH Down Town Angr DC 12-6-2022

Sunday, June 12, 2022
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Purasawalkam ●
Villivakkam ●
Kolathur ●
Nazarathpettai ●
Pattabiram ●
Maduravoyal ●
Koyambedu ●
Tiruverkadu ●
Puzhal
● Kilpauk ● Perambur ● Mogappair ● Avadi ● Ayyapakkam ● Tiruninravur ● Nerkundram ● Moolakadai
● Ayanavaram ● Retteri ● Padi ● Ambattur ● Tirumullaivoil ● Aminjikarai ● Vysarpadi ● Red Hills
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J2 CHENNAI
SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

Sunday, June 12, 2022
●
Purasawalkam ●
Villivakkam ●
Kolathur ●
Nazarathpettai ●
Pattabiram ●
Maduravoyal ●
Koyambedu ●
Tiruverkadu ●
Puzhal
● Kilpauk ● Perambur ● Mogappair ● Avadi ● Ayyapakkam ● Tiruninravur ● Nerkundram ● Moolakadai
● Ayanavaram ● Retteri ● Padi ● Ambattur ● Tirumullaivoil ● Aminjikarai ● Vysarpadi ● Red Hills
Residents stage stir Focus on unkempt vacant plots

VGN Avenue association contacts
absentee residents
INSIDE
An old bicycle is still
at Korattur lake
friendly to the planet
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A
fortnight ago, around 8
p.m., while walking
They demand measures to check discharge of sewage down a street in VGN
Avenue in Mogappair West, A
and effluents into the waterbody Ayyakkannu spotted a snake. A
month before this, a cobra had We are yet to find the owners They missed World Bicycle Day
been spotted in one of the of some properties,” says Ay by two days, but in the process
houses in the neighbourhood. yakkannu, the Association’s kept their date with World En
vironment Day. Are not cycles
Following these instances, president.
easy on planet Earth and meant
VGN Avenue Residents Welfare
to be celebrated on this day
Association in Mogappair West Stormwater drains
too? P4
started paying attention to the The Association has taken up
vacant plots in VGN Avenue. another issue, one pertaining The bread of life
“The vacant plots are over to stormater drains. Many per
run with vegetation and this colation pits and manholes of
provides a conducive environ stormwater drains are on the
ment for snakes and other rep same level as the road. Ayyak
tiles. The Association wants kannu adds: “We are planning
the vacant plots to be main to fix this issue under Namuk
tained well. We have made a ku Name Thittam. Once Grea
list of the vacant plots and ter Chennai Corporation gives A sudden bereavement turns
their respective owners. We us an estimate of how much it this Seema Jude’s life upside
are reaching out to them and would require to fix this pro down, and then an adventitious
requesting them that they blem, the Association will introduction to baking helps
clear their properties of weedy make arrangements to mobil her find emotional and financial
During the demonstration. PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT vegetation. Many have obliged. ise funds.” sustenance P6
SANAL M SUDEVAN units situated in Ambattur Korattur lake. The water

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and flooding during the flows through a
R
esidents of Korattur rainy season.” 9metrewide and
staged a According to the 2.5kmlong canal. There
demonstration near Ambattur Industrial Estate are two inlets through
Korattur lake recently Manufacturers’ Association which the flood water flows
demanding that clandestine (AIEMA), there are around into Korattur lake. “But
discharge of sewage into the 2,000 industrial units because of silt and other
lake be stopped, and an spread over 473 hectares of reasons, the whole body of
additional sewage land. water does not come inside
treatment plant, besides the Sundaraman added, the lake. We demanded that
one in Koyambedu, be “Recent incidents of dead a third inlet be created and
established. fish washing ashore is a the work for the same is
Korattur lake has been in result of the release of under way.”
the news in recent times for untreated sewage from Having a third inlet will
various reasons, many of these industries into the not totally solve the
which hardly flattering to lake.” flooding problem. The
the waterbody. There have “We have requested the excess flood water that is
been episodes of dead fish officials of Tamil Nadu released into Korattur lake
washing up on to dry Pollution Control Board and from Ambattur lake is again
ground, and residents have other authorities concerned released into Retteri lake,
maintained that these to set up a sewage treatment which flows through a
occurrences point to plant (STP) at Anna Nagar or 9metrewide canal.
discharge of effluents into a any other place nearby. One But here is the catch, says
canal that is connected to STP is already in place at Sundaraman. “The canal is
the 600acre lake. Koyambedu, but that is not nine metres wide, but the
During monsoon, excess enough to solve the moment it reaches Anna
water from Ambattur lake is problem,” the activist Nagar, it narrows to an
released into Korattur lake added. inconvenient four metres.
via a ninemetrewide and Flooding in Korattur After the excess flood water
2.5kmlong canal. Another major issue that reaches Anna Nagar, it flows
Residents and activists Korattur faces is flooding back due of the narrow size
complain that industrial during monsoon. of the canal, thereby
units at Ambattur Industrial Excess water from flooding the region.”
Estate release effluents and Ambattur lake is released to The activists added that
sewage into the canal in the earlier days, water
thereby contaminating the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA from Ambattur was
water. released into the Cooum
Sundaraman, vice
A sewage treatment river. Sundaraman says,
president of Korattur Aeri plant is in place at “The excess water from
Padukappu Makkal Iyakkam Koyambedu, but Ambattur should be
(KAPMI) remarks: “Korattur that is not enough released into Cooum. The
lake is one of the largest government should make
lakes in the city. There are to solve the arrangements for this. It will
two main issues – release of problem help check flooding of this
effluents from industrial region.”
2 SUSTAINABILITY CHENNAI

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An old bicycle is still friendly to the planet

They missed World Bicycle Day by two days, but in the process kept their date with World
Environment Day. Are not cycles easy on planet Earth and meant to be celebrated on this day too?
LIFFY THOMAS
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O
n June 5, a motley
group comprising a
cab driver, an artist, a
security guard, an agricultu
rist, a banker and a few re
tired professionals assem
bled at a house in Anna Nagar
West to celebrate the bicycle:
It was a display of vintage and
classic bicycles. Some of par
ticipants worked the vintage
and classic pedals while
Children’s
heading to the venue just to
illustrate these machines are
tricycles, a
sturdy and built to outlive
generations of people.
show stealer
They are members of Ma At the meetup hosted by
dras Vintage Bicycle Club that Madras Vintage Bicycle
held its first inperson meet Club (MVBC) to celebrate
ingcumexhibition after a World Bicycle Day, the
twoyear hiatus caused by the noteworthies included
pandemic. Pierce of US origin,
Nostalgia is not the sole Raleigh, Humber, Rudge,
binding factor for this group, Hercules, Phillips,
but also the knowledge re Norton, Robinhood, BSA
quired to keep these pedals of UK origin and Oryx
moving. The group; (right) T Rajendhiran and (below) V Jothiramalingam and his children . PHOTOS: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
chopper of Japan.
And many of these cycles The showstealers
are familiar with what it takes downs from his father. dren’s bicycle of 1890 and were clearly children’s
to commute to work in these “It is not easy to find these 1910. tricycles. many of which
times. spare parts in the city, and RR Rajan, a Tanjore artist were around 100 years
Ten days in a month, N Sa networking with vintage bicy based in Villivakkam, says: old. Some visitors
chidanandam, working as a cle lovers helps,” says Jothira “Most of the heritage bicycles identified one tricycle as
security personnel, pedals a malingam. are more than 20 kilos but belonging to the Nehru's
22inch Humber, 48 kilo The Humber, he says, is unlike the modern bicycles, period and that he had
metres each way, between what he often uses while they do not wobble.” ridden one of them, says
his workplace in Poes Garden shopping in and around his Since the Club was esta a press release.
and his home in Thiruchen house in T Nagar. blished in 2018, it has not had BSAairborne bicycle
dur. On the way, he and his T Rajendhiran, who re any new members. from World War II also
Humber lap up the generous tired from Heavy Vehicles V Prabhakar, who cobbled fascinated the visitors.
attention that comes their Factory in Avadi, reveals that together this group, says they Pierce hygienic cushion
way. “Some take pictures of he has two rooms in his are clear that one should own frame bicycle of 1897
my bicycle,” he says with house dedicated to his vin a bicycle older than 1970. which had a shock
pride. tage bicycles, which number “Besides, one needs to have absorber supported with
At home though, his hob around 10. RudgeWhitworth real passion for such bicycles leaf spring soaked up a
by hardly draws any brownie brand of 20, 22 and 24 inches to be part of the Club; we are lot of attention.
points, only arguments. are his favourite. quite selective about who Many of the bicycles
He believes the cycle has a Banker Naveen Narayanan joins the group,” says Prabha on display had Sturmey
lot to do with the fact that at unwraps the exciting aspect kar, a businessman and resi Archer 3speed gears.
56, he does not have hyper of owning a vintage bicycle. dent of Anna Nagar. A me Some had coaster brakes
tension or diabetes. “To find information about chanic in his 70s is also part and even drum brakes.
Driver V Jothiramalingam the bicycle, you browse web of the meetings and he is the Bicycle lamps powered
says wherever he goes, he is sites and contact the compa goto person for repairs. by kerosene, carbide
on the lookout for old spare ny, if it still exists,” says Na The Club members plan to stone and dynamo were
parts for his Rally, Humber veen, who has 20 vintage have a meeting next month. also exhibited.
and Robin Hood, handme bicycles including two chil
Car Free Sunday is back rom, chess and hop-scotch being some of
them. Members of the public who are alrea-
dy segregating waste at source, will be en-
The exercise is tied to waste-management couraged to click a selfie and share the im-
awareness; and a plan to have more roads included age with Urbaser Sumeet which will be
sharing it in social media with the hashtag
in the initiative is on the drawing board “NammaChennaiClean”.
C
ar Free Sunday, an initiative to pro- To encourage people to reduce the The aim of this edition of the Car Free
mote non-motorised forms of tran- amount of waste being sent to the landfill, Sunday is to create behavioural change in
sport on a stretch in the metro, is the venue will have a special collection people and thereby transform Chennai into
back with a new focus, a new partner, but drive where old clothes, PET bottles and e- an environment-friendly city, says a press
with reduced duration. waste can be dropped. release.
Waste management company Urbaser Resident Welfare Associations that have Hari Balaji, head of the information,
Sumeet, in association with Greater Chen- an exemplary record in waste management communication and education department,
nai Corporation, will host its first Car Free and NGOs working in the area will be set- Urbaser Sumeet, notes there is a plan to
Sunday on a stretch of Elliots Beach Road ting up stalls on the stretch of the road. take this initiative to other stretches in the
on June 12 from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and the The stretch, which will be cordoned off metro. He adds: “A stretch of Marina Beach,
event would be woven around the three R’s for motorised vehicles, will have a number Mylapore and stretches in Zone 15 are
– Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. of activities to engage the crowd, yoga, ca- among those under consideration.”
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tute of Medical Sciences and Research
(KIMSR), was declared a gold medallist at
the 21st Convocation of National Board of
Examinations in Medical Sciences, New
Delhi.
KIMSR was
established in
2010 by Dr TG
Govindarajan,
chairman of
Dr Kamakshi
Memorial
Hospitals with
the vision of
generating
qualified hu
man resourc
es for the
healthcare in
dustry, says a press release.
KIMSR is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu
Dr. MGR Medical University under the Al
lied Health Sciences stream. The courses
offered include B.Sc Radiography and
Imaging Technology (RIT), B.Sc Radiothe
rapy technology (RTT) and B.Sc Medical
Laboratory Technology (MLT), the release
adds. For more details, visit www.kmhin
stitute.com and www.drkmh.com
4 ENTERPRISE CHENNAI

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The platter of breads includes Ko IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SMALL BUSINESSES
The bread of life rean buns, sweet potato bread, tomato

basil bread and pumpkin bread.
Crowd favourites include wholewheat
“Bread is among the most underrat bread and confections like rose milk
A sudden bereavement ed products in the bakery business,” tres leches and rasa malai tres leches.
turns this Pallikaranai states Seema, noting that her breads Seema says orders placed a day
reconcile the craving for taste with in advance are delivered straight
resident’s life upside-down, the necessity of healthyeating. from the oven, spankingfresh
and then an adventitious A mompreneur, Seema cannot and preservativefree.
stray far from her moorings, and Seema believes there is still a
introduction to baking the kitchen at home accommo long way to go before peo
helps her find emotional dates breadmaking. However, ple start taking to healthy
to achieve scale, Seema has es bread alternatives that
and financial sustenance tablished a small kitchen in are slightly more ex
Pallikaranai, not too far from pensive than store
S
eema Jude accidentally found baking her hearth. bought bread, which
and before long, discovered a natural is why she will be
aptitude for the activity and also for soon launching her
marketing what emerged out of it. A sudden own online and of
bereavement in the family causing her to fline breadmak
take a lengthy break from her career in ing classes to
banking, a comfort activity was inevitably help promote
round the corner. It happened to be baking better food
as her sister was a professional baker. See choices.
ma liked what she baked in her kitchen, and For details,
Adonai Bakes and Confectioners with its call
emphasis on healthfocussed breadmaking 9884560022
was born.
More than
A
n accident that cost
skin-deep
him a leg and a job
(as team leader in a
A bend in the
This Besant Nagar-based
mobile service centre)
could not rob him of his re
silience. Jai Ganesh, a Pal
road leads to a Adding ‘old pages’
freelance cosmetologist likaranai resident, bounced
was a skincare-makeup back from the setback, esta
blishing a cloud kitchen —
new purpose to a dwindling habit
connoisseur long before Pemi’s Kitchen — in his
she took the locality. Pallikaranai resident bounces back A mompreneur is promoting
He managed more than from a major accident and starts
entrepreneurial plunge buyin from his family. They
reading among children through an
plunged into the business, a cloud kitchen in his locality exercise that makes it affordable,
labouring shoulderto
shoulder with him.
accessible and also technologically
Having overcome the in up-to-date
itial hiccups of entrepre
neurship, Jai is gloating ov
er a kitchen that cooks up
parcels of food nonstop
between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.
every day, with Sunday
leaving the staff rushed off
their feet.
The kitchen’s signature
biryanis and chicken and
I
nviolable truth: What one
focuses on enlarges, so fish gravies are said to be a
metimes to entrepreneu big draw. “We offer stan
rial proportions. dardsized portions as well heart to give back to the workers in the area. Pemi’s
Before she became a cer as XLsized portions to ca community: Offering heavi Kitchen is also open to ca
tified hair and makeup artist ter to our customers’ needs ly subsidised meals — start tering snacks, juices, and
N
ithya Mani, a human tennials: Novelty books,
and cosmetologist, Rehana and avoid food wastage,” ing at ₹65 for vegetarian meals for corporate events
resource professional which include audiobooks,
had been a skincarema says Jai. meals and ₹75 for nonvege and parties. For details, call
turned mompreneur, board books and popup
keup cognoscenti for years. He has also found it in his tarian meals — to lowwage 9677050279
put her son on a regular diet books. These interactive
“What I love the most of books when he turned books can be ordered on
about being a freelance ma three. She found a steady line from Kiddiwinks.
keup artist is the sense of
identity it brings me. I love
the fact that I can break the
A sweet indulgence sans the guilt source of reading material:
Wholesale usedbooks mar
kets. Nithya also did not face
Nithya runs the enter
prise with a small ware
house in Pallavaram and a
stereotype of women not Adyar resident underlines her efforts to make her cakes, tarts any difficulty selling the battery of six assistants who
being able to work after hav books his son had outgrown. attend to customer sup
ing kids,” says Chennai and pies as easy on the human system as possible What started off as a ma port, procurement, logis
based Rehana. offerings. Jumana notes that right ma’s effort to keep her child tics and delivery.
W
ith considerable time
Rehana notes that her sig from granola bars, tea cakes and off gadgets and gather useful “There is so much that a
on her hands during her
nature facials and willing cookies to tarts, pies, and knowledge outside the class child can pick up from a
maternity leave, Juma
ness to share skincare tips birthday cakes, she strives to room has culminated in Kiddi simple picture or story
na Huzefa invested a generous
have ensured her a steady provide healthy variants that winks, a store that supplies se book. It is definitely so
part of it in a homebaking busi
clientele. Currently, she off everyone can enjoy without condhand children’s books at mething that parents and
ness. From the word go, the
ers makeup, skincare, hair guilt. While her cakes and the customer’s doorsteps. schools should look into,”
Adyar resident has been offering
styling, and saridraping ser confections can be custom They are priced from ₹20 says Nithya. Kiddiwinks has
glutenfree bakes, particularly
vices for weddings, parties, ordered anywhere in Chen to ₹1200 at nearly onefourth also launched its own inte
marked by the generous use of al
photoshoots, betrothals, nai, her granola bars are avail the price of new books, says ractive line of learning re
mond flour and amaranth flour. Be
and baby showers all over able for shipping all over India. Nithya, a Pallikaranai resi sources for children. Their
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sides the two, a variety of millet

Chennai. For details, call For details, call 9840597452 dent. An added feature, one Instagram handle is
based flours forms the foundation of her
7339534873 particularly favourable to zen @kiddiwinks_official
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A showroom for bathroom needs Learning the Montessori way An initiative to recognise home entrepreneurs
L L
ifestyle Galleria, a unit du Housing Board chairman ittle Peepal Montessori Nominations are invited for financial support for their
of Varsiddhi Enterpris Poochi S Murugan were on 14th Main Road in the fifth season of Sakthi Ma businesses. According to a
es Pvt Ltd, has created among those who took part Anna Nagar enrols chil sala ‘Homepreneur Awards press release, this edition is
a live wellness experience in the inauguration of this dren between 2.5 years and 2022’. Instituted by Brand also providing college stu
centre at its new showroom showroom. six years and engages them Avatar, the event recognises dents a platform to share
in Kotturpuram. Other products at the out in a range of activities. Malvi women entrepreneurs run their entrepreneurial ideas.
With this, customers can let include tiles, sanitary ka Venkat, a certified early ning homebased ventures To register and for other
experience luxury products ware, water heaters and childhood educator, says: under 13 categories and details, visit https://home
such as shower spa, steam shower enclosures. “The structured freedom what makes the Montessori helps them find mentors and preneurawards.com
cabins and spas. The outlet also has and order in the Montessori method successful.”
PWD minister Durai Mu branches at Anna Nagar and environment, along with an To learn more about
rugan, health minister Ma Madhavaram. adult who can connect the Montessori education, call
Subramaniam and Tamil Na child with the materials is 97912 16288.
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delivery staff, street vendors and the
Humour Club meet today Youngsters quench public at Anna Nagar, Mogappair,
Maduruyaol and Porur.
thirst of passersby
A
t the monthly meet ranarayanan, Vijayaku To quench people’s thirst, volunteers
of Anna Nagar Hu mar, Sivakumar and prepared the rosemilk and distributed
mour Club, Dr A Rangadorai. All are wel in Mogappair it. According to a release, the group has
Anantharamakrishnan come to this virtual meet been taking up many such activities for
will share Father’s Day happening on June 12
M
embers of Change the last four years. The core team
jokes, which will be fol from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Organisation, a members are alumni of Chennai Public
lowed by a jokesharing For meeting id, call Ka nongovernmental School and they started the nonprofit
session by Kamala Eswa mala, secretary of the organisation run by college students, when they had moved to college. Visit
ran, Premakumari, Sanka Club, at 89392 98790 recently distributed rosemilk to them at www.thechangeorg.com
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Sunday, June 12, 2022

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

Residents stage stir Focus on unkempt vacant plots

An old bicycle is still

SANAL M SUDEVAN units situated in Ambattur Korattur lake. The water

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

An old bicycle is still friendly to the planet

by national body in Accountancy The session is aimed to

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

The bread of life rean buns, sweet potato bread, tomato

sides the two, a variety of millet

6 POCKET DIARY CHENNAI

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

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Sunday, June 12, 2022

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

Residents stage stir Focus on unkempt vacant plots

An old bicycle is still

SANAL M SUDEVAN units situated in Ambattur Korattur lake. The water

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

An old bicycle is still friendly to the planet

by national body in Accountancy The session is aimed to

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

The bread of life rean buns, sweet potato bread, tomato

sides the two, a variety of millet­

6 POCKET DIARY CHENNAI

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

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sides the two, a variety of millet