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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicGreater Chennai Corporation

Topic: Greater Chennai Corporation

Trash piles up across Chennai areas as sanitation workers protest privatisation move

City corporation decided to outsource collection-transportation of waste to a private body, a project pegged at Rs 2,363 cr for 10 yrs, sparking anger among contractual sanitation employees.

YouTuber says ‘sanitation workers’ dumped sewage in his home, points finger at TN Congress chief

Greater Corporation Commissioner official dismisses YouTuber Savukku Shankar’s allegation, says distribution of sewage suction trucks was overseen by Chennai Metro Water.

Chennai corporation’s gender lab on a mission. Safer infra for women, fighting stereotypes in schools

Gender and Policy Lab works on addressing issues of women's mobility & safety through studies, awareness campaigns—including gender clubs in schools—and infrastructure upgrades.

How Chennai aims to ramp up flood prevention efforts with sponge park drive, boost green cover

Chennai: To floodproof Chennai and increase its green cover, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC)—the city’s civic body—is focusing on a massive tree plantation drive...

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.