🚨 WHY MUCH OF CHENNAI DOESN’T TAKE A METRO RIDE 🔸CMRL's 50 four-car trains lag behind six-car trains in other cities, affecting ridership. 🔸Issues include poor first/last-mile connectivity and high last-mile costs. 🔸Expansion plans in Phase II could boost future ridership.

🚨 SBI Singara Chennai NCMC (National Common Mobility Card) works at Bengaluru Metro (BMRCL) 📸 /u/teamkill_68 (Reddit)

🚨 Passengers urge CMRL to provide more feeder services at Airport Metro station CMRL runs 2 mini-bus services from Airport Metro to Tambaram East via Pallavaram, Chrompet, MIT & Chitlapakkam. More feeders should be added to reduce parking demand & encourage public transit use.

🚨 GCC revives suspension bridge on estuary, fishers’ life hangs in balance GCC has revived the Marina Loop Road-Besant Nagar suspension bridge project, shelved in 2011 after protests. Fishermen in Srinivasapuram, Urur Kuppam, and Olcott Kuppam oppose it, fearing displacement.

🚨 PWD begins work to build Unity mall, a one-stop shopping mall for handlooms & handicraft, at Egmore The ₹227 crore Mall (4.54 lakh sq. ft.) will have 8 floors, 2 basements, & 41 district shops under ‘One District, One Product,’ + 36 shops for handlooms from other states.

@AnilkuttyTN No. 4Ws too.

🚨 CMRL to install anti-drag system on 52 trains CMRL will upgrade trains with a ₹35-40 crore anti-drag system to detect thin items like sarees & bag straps. Current sensors miss objects under 0.3mm. New sensor-embedded doors will trigger brakes, preventing passenger dragging.

@Rajkamal49238 Yes. This should be the ideal plan but let's see what they do.

🚨 Vending zones in limbo as extortion thrives A year after identifying 776 vending zones for 35,000 vendors, progress is minimal. Only 3-4 zones are marked, with no boards, demarcations, or licenses. Parking occupies vendor space. Vendors allege ₹1,500 bribes by officials.

@Sri2411ram This week.

🚨 Unruly vendors choke Loop Road fish market 4 months after its inauguration, vendors still refuse to use the modern fish market on Loop Road. Despite 300 allotted stalls, over 200 vendors occupy public spaces, creating mess. Officials fear eviction may push them back to roads.

🚨 CMRL's new dynamic route map makes travel easier The LED-backlit LCD screen shows the train’s final stop, past and upcoming stations, time, temperature, and speed. By August, all 52 Phase I trains will have this feature. 📸 @SunithaSekar @rashexplores

🟢Solutions & Precautions: 🔸Reduce exposure to polluted areas. 🔸Improve ventilation in workplaces. 🔸Wear masks (N95) in high-pollution zones. 🔸Eat antioxidant-rich foods. 🔸Stricter regulations on emissions and air quality are needed.

🚨 Work on 3 new elevated corridors around Chennai to begin next year NHAI will build three elevated roads in Chennai to ease traffic: Maduravoyal to CORR (₹1,476.8 cr), CORR to Sriperumbudur (₹1,808.4 cr), and Kilambakkam to Mahindra World City, totaling 39.2 km.

@karthi9003 Agree.