The Velachery Lake is in for a major facelift. Preliminary work began recently on removing the thick layers of water hyacinth that cover the eastern part of the lake. Soon, a proposal to build a ...

Velachery, Madipakkam ... In Madipakkam, GCC workers cleared garbage that was blocking the drains on Lake View Street. Heavy rain led to waterlogging on Medavakkam High Road, exacerbated by ...

In areas including Mohanapuri New Colony, Lake View Road and Shaw Wallace Colony in Adambakkam, residents had to wade through water. AGS Colony in Velachery was flooded on Sunday but the water had ...

State highways dept to finish 26 crore macro drain from Velachery lake by May 2024. Challenges like northeast monsoon and sewage discharge persist. Calls for action against illegal discharges and ...

and private firms that have come up on the lake, it is acceptable. If not, the officials should consider constructing a compound wall without displacing these residents.” Velachery MLA JMH ...

Water from the ‘Raj Bhavan’ canal, a one-km-long canal along the compound wall near Raj Bhavan colony, Nethaji road inlet, and city link road inlet drain into the Velachery Lake. From here ...

Meanwhile, the residents said Velachery Lake, which once spanned 265 acres, was reduced to the present 55-acre extent due to the government’s reclassification of land for construction. They ...