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MAMBALAM TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam www.mambalamtimes.in C M Y K Vol. 17, No. 32 864th Issue : January 7-13, 2012 To our advertisers As we are advancing the release of our issue dated January 14-20 on account of Pongal, all advertisement material including classifieds should reach our office by 1 p.m on Thursday, January 12. Copies will be distributed on Friday, January 13. FREE

Page 2 MAMBALAM TIMES January 7-13, 2012 T. NAGAR BAZAAR This column is intended to help small businesses in & around T.Nagar and West Mambalam to have a cost-effective advertisement medium. Advertisement in this section will be in standard panel sizes of 4 cm. x 1 column (costing only Rs. 400) and 4 cm. x 2 column (costing Rs. 800) Washing Machines, Fridges, A/cs, Microwave Ovens Services T. Nagar / Mambalam POLYWOOD 5% - 10 % Discount upto Jan.13, 2012 Loft cover, Pooja Shelf, Cupboard, Showcase, Modern Kitchen, False Ceiling, Painting VISWA ENTERPRISES VADAPALANI 98400 18492, 6537 9721 www.viswadecorators.com, E-mail: enquiry@viswadecorators.com

January 7-13, 2012 Free Veda classes on Sundays Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street, West Mambalam) conducts free Veda classes from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m on Sundays in Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar. Veda classes are conducted from 3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m on Sundays in Sai Seva Chakra s premises. telephone number 98843 05676. Sai bhajans this evening Sai bhajans will be conducted from 6.30 p.m to 7.30 p.m on Saturday, Jan. 7 in All India Naidu Sangam (1, Sarangapani Street, T. Nagar). After the city s rain-fed potholes, the transition to smooth roads within the campus of the Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE) is more than a treat. The man behind the tartopped tracks is known as Madurai s Plastic Road Man. He is as much at ease when he experiments with chemicals in the science lab as he is under a peepul tree teaching students slokas from the Bhagavad Gita. But R. Vasudevan (Dean and Head of the Chemistry Department) is on a mission. Clean India is his campaign. He says, I want to change the general garbage culture of the people. After a decade s hard work and persistent efforts, his simple invention of a technology to use plastic waste to lay Devotees of Sri Shirdi Sai Seva Samaj (Jaishankar Street, West Mambalam) distributed assistance among leprosy patients on Jan. 5 on the occasion of Vaikunda Ekadesi Madurai s Plastic Road Man roads, patented by TCE, finally got a shot in the arm last month with the Union Government approving its wider application. Following a special gazette notification of the Ministry of Environment & Forests dated February 4, 2011 directing all municipal authorities across REQUEST TO READERS! Please help us to serve you better! Mambalam Times is being delivered free at every doorstep in this neighbourhood week after week. If our delivery boy skips your house or flat in any week, please call 2435 6475 between 10.30 a.m and 5 p.m on week days to enable us to take effective and immediate remedial action. 100 leprosy patients get aid for the 10 th year. They told Mambalam Times that plates, blankets, medicines, hair oil and antibiotics were given to more than 100 persons. They said that such aid is the country to encourage use of plastic waste by adopting suitable technology such as in road construction... he was elated. This is the first response of its kind to waste management, he said. It was in 2002 that Vasudevan laid the first plastic tar road within the TCE campus. It remains intact. His interest in the subject began when he heard a doctor on a TV program mistakenly saying that plastic dissolved in water bodies and caused pollution. It set me thinking after all, plastic s raw material is petroleum only. I immediately came to my lab and started mixing some waste plastic in heated bitumen (tar). And the idea was born. When the then President A.P. J. Kalam visited TCE in 2001, the professor presented his project on the good bonding and binding factor of plastic and its potential use as a coating over pebbles for laying roads. He recalls, Kalam told me, one day your test will become the convention. Don t worry if people don t approve or get convinced. You just do your work at your place. As a sample, lay a plastic road MAMBALAM TIMES Page 3 also distributed in the leprosy hospital in Saidapet between the 1 st and 10 th of every month. The Samaj can be contacted in telephone number72997 04572. within your campus first. Once the results are there to see, people will come automatically. Kalam s words proved prophetic. With full support from the college correspondent Karumuttu T. Kannan, Vasudevan laid the first 60-ft-long plastic road within the campus. Getting his technology patented was the next hurdle. After four years and numerous visits to the Chennai office, the technology was registered in 2006. An officer advised me that I should not apply for the product s patent because it is not new, the road is already there. Instead, I should patent the process, he says. It took years of discussion for Vasudevan to be acknowledged by organizations such as the Central Pollution Control Board, National Rural Roads Development Agency, Central Road Research Institute, Indian Centre for Plastic Environment and the National Highways Authority of India. Even as his technology was being debated in the government, Vasudevan started receiving offers from private companies both within and outside the country to sell the patent. But I think it my duty to serve my country first and therefore, I gave it free to the Indian Government. Article: courtesy, The Hindu. GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS meets at Holy Angels Convent every Sunday from 11.30 a.m to 1 p.m. All compulsive gamblers who wish to get rid of the habit are welcome Wear a helmet while riding a 2-wheeler

Page 4 MAMBALAM TIMES January 7-13, 2012 Road Safety Week observed C M Y K Students from neighbourhood schools held demonstrations and displayed placards promoting road safety at road junctions in T. Nagar and West Mambalam during Road Safety Week organized by T. Nagar Traffic Sub-division last week. P. Maarimuthu (Inspector, Traffic) told Mambalam Times that students and police personnel also distributed pamphlets among motorists. Servant drugs employer, flees with cash Lakshman, working as a domestic help in the residence of Anuradha Agarwal (56) on Babu Rajendra Prasad Street, West Mambalam, allegedly drugged her and fled with Rs. 10000 in cash on Jan. 2. Police said that Anuradha reportedly fell unconscious after Lakshman gave her food and medicines for high blood pressure. When she did not respond when her son, who lives in Ahmedabad, called her on the phone, he alerted a relative who rushed to the house and found Anuradha lying unconscious. She was taken to a hospital. Police are investigating the case. Calling volunteers for free service in Tirumala Sevas (50, Dharga Road, Rajaji Nagar, Pallavaram) is sending volunteers for weeklong service to pilgrims in Tirumala starting on Sundays and ending on Saturdays. Men and women who are physically fit and are willing to stay in Tirumala for a week are welcome to offer their services for 6 hours everyday. The work will be of supervisory nature. Accommodation, lunch and dinner will be provided free of cost. They can have special darshan of Lord Venkateswara. Travelling expense and the cost of breakfast must be borne by the volunteers. Those interested can contact Nalini Ravikumar (18/43, Jubilee Road, West Mambalam) in 99621 53644, L. S. V. Mahadevan (98411 76386), P. Sundaram (98417 26695) or D. Gopinath (94442 09751). Long queue outside temple on Vaikunda Ekadesi day Hundreds of devotees waited in a long queue outside Sri Sathyanarayana Temple, Srinivasa Street, West Mam-balam to have darshan on Jan. 5 (Vaikunda Ekadesi). Special alangaaram for Hanuman There was special alangaaram for Lord Hanuman in Sri Sanjeevini Peetam (BRP 1 st Street, West Mambalam) on the occasion of New Year. Now the T. Nagar - Mambalam edition of Mambalam Times can be accessed in www.mambalamtimes.in Sai bhajans on 3 days a week Sri Sathya Sai Samiti, T. Nagar conducts Sai bhajans every week in the following venues in T. Nagar: Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N. Chetty Road (near Panagal Park, Vijaya Bank building): Saturdays, 5.10 p.m. Ayurvedhaasramam, 155, G. N. Chetty Road (near Panagal Park), Mondays, 6 p.m. 50/38, Motilal Street (opposite Ranganathan Street), Wednesdays, 6 p.m. More details can be had from D. Srinivasa Rao (98400 50875) or C. Ramamurthy (94440 54819). ISKCON program in Mambalam The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISK CON), 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, congregational chanting and Bhagwad Gita classes. phone 2371 3606 or from Ranga Krishna Das (2474 4900, 98400 27800).

January 7-13, 2012 MAMBALAM TIMES Page 5 TAMIL CINEMA 75 - A LOOK BACK By RANDOR GUY Some years ago, an American media expert went on record that M. G. Ramachandran was the second most well-known Indian after Indira Gandhi. No movie star anywhere in the world had created so much history as he did. The top superstar of Tamil cinema, he turned politician and became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu more than once. M. G. Ramachandran acted in hundreds of films and his box-office track record is amazing. The percentage of his flops is extremely low when compared to those of stars of his day. He was born in Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in a lower-middle class family that had been looking forward to a happy life in that island country when tragedy struck. His father died suddenly and his poor deprived widow Sathyabhama decided to return to her native land with her three small children and little else. She settled in the temple town Kumbakonam where her sons Chakrapani and Ramachandran attended school. But life for Sathyabhama and her kids was a long struggle. Money was scarce and making both ends meet was a daily challenge. One day she realized that she could not send her boys to school anymore and they would have to make their own way in the wide world. Left with no other option, she got her two boys into a theater troupe, Madurai Original Boys Company. The troupe was then under the tutelage of a teacher-turnedtheater person, Madaras Kandaswami Mudaliar, who trained the boys to act in plays which he staged day after day in towns and villages. One of the boys in the troupe was M.K. Radha, Mudaliar s son, later a leading star of Tamil cinema. Mudaliar nursed MGR like his own son through thick and thin. Life as stage actor growing into manhood was no bed of roses, and young MGR worked hard to his bones to bring cheer into his toiling mother s life. ( I have seen and known my mother struggling to feed us and it was my ambition to see that no mother ever underwent such hardships. MGR told this writer years later in a chat.) After much struggle and shocks, MGR faced a movie camera in the amazing American Tamil filmmaker Ellis R. Dungan s maiden film Sathi Leelavathi (1936). He played a minor part, that of police inspector. Dressed in khaki uniform, with shorts, laced turban, stick and all, it was a modest debut for a spectacular career! Initially roles in movies were few and far between but, undaunted, MGR toiled playing minor roles. And the first signs of the MGR charisma were beginning to be noticed. He was no star yet but was drawing attention. His unusual handsome looks, his sinewy physique, his swordfighting skills, all these and a dash of personal magnetism marked him as a man destined to go places. At last his opportunity came in 1947. The man who was to be known as MGR for the rest of his life and thereafter too, was selected to play the hero in a Jupiter Pictures production Rajakumari. Written and directed by A. S. A. Sami, it was a swashbuckling tale which turned out to be a hit when released in 1948. Interestingly, the film was almost not made! With the Government of India s restrictions, imposed during the Second World War (1939-45), no film could be more than 11,000 feet in length and a producer was allotted only 44,000 feet of film stock. Sami, making his debut as director, began shooting the film at Central Studios, Coimbatore. When he had finished shooting, a part of the film was seen by the producers. One of the Jupiter bosses, S. K. Mohideen, did not like what he saw and told his partner M. Somasundaram that the project should be shelved! (To be continued) Campaign to enrol new voters Chennai Corporation has launched a special drive to register persons in the 18-19 age group with Jan. 1 as the qualifying date. Those included in the electoral roll will be issued photo identity cards on Jan. 25 on the occasion of National Voters Day. Applications will be accepted in Corporation Zone 10, NSK Salai, Vadapalani till Jan. 13 (Jan. 7 and 8 are holidays). An official told Mambalam Times that application forms can be downloaded from the website www.election.tn.gov. in. Copies of electoral rolls after completion of special summary revision are available in Corporation zonal offices and venues where polling booths were located during the last elections. Voters can check the rolls and apply for making changes if any. Application forms for change of address, name etc. can also been downloaded from the above website. Plea for donations to celebrate Pongal M. R. S. Lakshmi (resident of 31,Lake View Road, West Mambalam and Founder of Anbu Karangal, 1/216, Vivekananda Street, Kottivakkam, an orphanage and old age home) has appealed for donations to enable inmates to celebrate Pongal. She told Mambalam Times that the orphanage has 78 inmates who are studying in schools and colleges, and the old age home has 30 inmates. Lakshmi said that Anbu Karangal provides free shelter, food, education and medical assistance. It is run with donations from individuals, organizations and philanthropists. It had 5 senior citizens Benevolence Trust (10/1, Velu Street, West Mambalam) is offering free removal of virus from computers from 10 a.m to 7 p.m on Jan. 13 and 14. Computers have to be brought to the premises. and a girl child when it was started in 1996. Lakshmi can be contacted Offer to remove computer virus free Sri Ramana Baktha Samajam, West Mambalam (BVSN Moorthy School, Thambiah Road, West Mambalam) conducts the following program on Sundays: 5 p.m: Veda paarayanam 5.30 p.m: Ramana Maharishi s Aksharamanamalai. R. Chidambara Subramanian (Founder) told Mambalam Times that a 5-day free computer course for senior citizens will be conducted from 10 a.m to 11 a.m from Monday, Jan. 9. More details can be had in phone 99419 19019. Program in Ramana Bhaktha Samajam on Sundays 6 p.m: Discourse. phone 94441 72623. Special pooja is conducted and prasadam distributed among special children at 11.30 a.m on Ramana Maharishi s birth star day (Punarpoosam). in phones 2492 8282, 2492 8383, 2474 1003 and 98404 03750. Free Veda classes during weekends Free Veda classes are being conducted from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m on Saturdays and Sundays in Krishna Gana Sabha, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar. phone 98843 05676. Discourses on Saisath Saritha Under the auspices of Sri Shirdi Sai Meditation Mandir (6, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar) there are discourses on Sri Saisath Saritha at 6.30 p.m on Sundays in its premises. T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) told Mambalam Times that mass spiritual healing is conducted at 7.30 p.m on Thursdays and Sundays. phones 2643 2323, 4212 5118 and 94444 53777. C M YK

Page 6 MAMBALAM TIMES January 7-13, 2012 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertise in the Classified Columns: Rs. 250 (upto 35 words): Rs. 500 (upto 70 words): Bold letters: Rs. 375; Display: Rs.150 per column Centimeter Ashok Nagar-K.K.Nagar & Mambalam - T. Nagar Editions: Rs. 300 (upto 35 words); Bold letters: Rs. 450; Display: Rs. 220 per column centimeter. Advertisements will be received upto 1 p.m on Friday. ASTROLOGY SRIMATHI Saroja Vaidhyanatha Iyer, Parambarai Jothidar (52 years paarambareeyam), Horoscope, Palmistry, Numerology, Samudhrika lakshanam, Vaasthu (Iyyanar upasakar), Sangeethaupanyasakar Harikatha. Rangoli Kalaignar TV pugazh astrologer, story writer. Contact: 6/32, Vasudevapuram, near 5 lights, West Mambalam. Ph: 2483 0687, 2372 3256, 94446 84006. JATHAGA, Vaasthu, Nameology expert Jyothisha Rathna Srimathi V. Akilandeswari, M.A. M.Phil. D.I.A. Specialist in Palmistry, Astrology, Nameology, Numerology, Marriage matching, Vaasthu and Sarvamuhurtha Nirna yam. Sri Raja Rajeswari Jathagalaya, 38/78, Arya Gowda Road, West Mambalam, Ph: 94441 51597, 94449 97942, 94449 97946, 2371 1068, 2484 1969. FOR horoscope matching, simple pariharams, palmistry and detailed consultations contact Smt. Thenjai Padmaa (over 45 years experience) at Chennai Sai Sankara Matrimonials, 7 (15/ 2), 9 th Avenue, Ashok Nagar. Ph: 2471 6920, 2471 9042, 93819 48900. Timing: 11 a.m to 5 p.m (except Monday, Tuesday). AUTOMOTIVE FOR SALE, Honda Shine black, single owner, bought in December 2010, 9200 km. Inspection Sunday to Wednesday any time. Ph: 94447 22686. CATERING MAHALAKSHMI Catering Services - Catering undertaken for small functions, marriage (Kolam to Kattusatham), nitchayathartham, seemantham, ayushahomam, upanayanam, shashtiapthapurthi, sathaabishekam and grahapravesam, birthday functions. Quality assured. Reasonable rates. Contact: Asokan, Ph: 93837 24881. SHYAMALA Catering Service (West Mambalam). 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COACHING undertaken for Hindi Prachara Sabha Exams, spoken Hindi and also for school curriculum (any board), flexible timings. Ph: 74188 24950. SADHANA Coaching Centre (Estd. 1979), Guntur Subbiah School T. Nagar. Classes for std. 9, 10, +1, +2 (all boards & subjects), Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Business Maths, Accountancy, Computer Science, English & French. Personal attention & test (every Sunday). Ph: 94440 59108, 98400 52853, 98943 00399, 2434 0873. ELECTRICAL WORKS HOME SERVICE WE arrange well experienced Iyer/Iyengar cooks, housemaids, baby, old age/patient caretakers, drivers, watchmen, part/full time, stay in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and all over India. Immediate arrangement. Shri Sai, No. 33/12, New Boag Road, T. Nagar. Ph: 98841 04850, 93806 63433. 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SIVAN Arts Academy, 5/11, Balakrishna Mudali Street, West Mambalam offers classes in vocal, violin, veena, mridangam, keyboard (western too) and bharathanatyam by eminent teachers. Contact: Kalaimamani Dr. Rukmini Ramani, Ph: 6529 5949, 2472 2928, 98403 48638. BEST coaching for guitar, keyboard, veena (Carnatic, devotional, film, any music) and other instru ments. We buy old veenas and undertake veena repairs. Stage opportunity for music learners. Rao s Music, near Shobana Kalyana Mandapam and Postal Colony, West Mambalam. Ph: 98401 97914. NAME CHANGE I, HARISH BARADWAJ, S/o, T. L. Anandan shall henceforth be known as HARISH BHARADWAJ. A by affidavit dated: 05-01-2012. PACKERS & MOVERS MAMBALAM Sri Thangam Packers & Movers for shifting household, local Chennai city, full truck, mini truck, sharing load. Doorto-door Tamil Nadu, H y d e r a b a d, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi, all over India. Safe, 0% damage, reliable reasonable charge. Ph: 4212 0864, 2441 4055, 98412 22437. 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Ph: 2489 3109, 98402 57303. Advertise in the Classified Column of Mambalam Times for immediate results! T. S. KRISHNAMURTHY T. S. Krishnamurthy (resident of 22/11, Giri Street, West Mambalam) passed away on Dec. 31. He was 77 and had been a resident of West Mambalam for more than 30 years. He had retired as an Officer from Indian Bank. Krishnamurthy is survived by his wife Bhagyalakshmi, sons Nageswaran and Ramanath, daughters Shantha Venka-tesh and Sudha Vaidyanathan, and grandchildren. N. NARASIMHAN N. Narasimhan (resident of 47, Kripasankari Street. West Mambalam) passed away on Jan. 5. He was 71 and had been a resident of West Mambalam for more than 35 years. He had retired from George Town Cooperative Bank. Narasimhan is survived by his wife Shantha, sons Bhaskar and Srinivasan, daughter Padma and grandchildren. MAMBALAM TIMES Editor K. S. Ramakrishnan Associate Editor B.R. Shivaji Asst. Advt. Manager E. Srinivasan Advt. Representative S. N. Kumar Reporter S. 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January 7-13, 2012 MAMBALAM TIMES Page 7 SPECIAL CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Classified Advertisements under the heads Accommodation Required, Old Age Home, Marriage Hall, Mini Hall, Real Estate (Buying & Selling) and Rental will be published on this page. The charges are Rs. 400 (upto 35 words); Bold Rs. 600. Ashok Nagar- K.K. Nagar and Mambalam-T.Nagar Editions; Display: Rs. 220 per col. centimeter. Each advertisement of Real Estate and Rental must relate to only one house / flat. Advertisement will be received upto 1.00 p.m on Friday. Renewing cards an ordeal for Aavin consumers ACCOMMODATION WANTED WANTED independent house 1+1 for residence + play school on rental basis, to be occupied by April 1, in West Mambalam, brokers excuse. Ph: 72007 08250. BACHELOR ACCOMMODATION T. NAGAR, Pinjala Subramanian Road, near Panagal Park, independent portion, spacious hall cum kitchen, attached bath, good ventilation, airy & tiled flooring, 24 hours water, 2-wheeler parking, brokers excuse. Ph: 2434 5209, 94456 15209. GENTS HOSTEL MKS Student Hostel, New No. 11, Old No. 19, Nagarjuna Nagar 1 st Street, Rangarajapuram, Kodambakkam, accommodation for students, working gents, good non-veg. food, 24 hours water, heater, TV, 3, 4 and 5 members sharing rooms with attached bath. Ph: 94444 53464, 99520 31173. MINI HALL BALAGRAHA A/c Mini hall, 6/31, Veerasamy Street (next to SRM Nightingale School), West Mambalam, for conducting small functions. Ph: 94449 18484, 2489 3884. T. NAGAR, Sri Malola Mini Hall, New No. 174, Habibullah Road, near Kodambakkam Railway Station, available for small functions, non A/c. Ph: 2814 3406, 92831 12153,94446 38577. WEST MAMBALAM, Mahadevan Street (State Bank Building) 2 Halls Kamakshi Mini Hall A/c (100 guests), Kamakshi Hall A/c (200 guests) Newly opened. Ph: 4351 2233, 4351 2556, 99404 54545, 94450 54545. www.kamakshihall.com. OLD AGE HOME OLD age home for senior in Madipakkam. Trained attenders, doctors available. Food prepared by Brahmins, Normal persons Rs. 5,500 p.m, patient Rs. 10,000 p.m. 3 months advance. Ph: 9884056233, 9884056203, 22473586. REAL ESTATE (BUYING) WANTED plot in ECR Road, OMR Road, Velachery, Medavakkam, Tambaram, Perungalathur, Urapakkam, Guduvancherry, Maraimalai Nagar, Singaperumal Koil, Padappai, Oragadam, Chengalpet, Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram (DT) and Tiruvallur (DT). Ph: 96000 50722, 9600050773 REAL ESTATE (SELLING) T. NAGAR, Madley Road, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1000 sq.ft, 11 years old, covered car parking, price Rs. 80 lakhs (negotiable). Ph: 98403 32007. WEST MAMBALAM, Kuppaiah Street, near Kasi Viswanathar Kovil, 3 bedroom, 1600 sq.ft, undivided share UDS 1057 sq.ft, 1 st floor flat, number of flats 11 only, 12 years old, open car parking, price Rs. 1 crore & 10 lakhs. Poovaraghan. Ph: 94449 84142. RENTAL T. NAGAR, Bazullah Road, 3 bedroom, spacious hall, kitchen, dining, 1750 sq.ft, 1 st floor, posh portion, open terrace, car parking, rent Rs. 25000, Brahmins only. Ph: 94444 46242. WEST MAMBALAM, 2 nd Street, K. V. Colony, 3 bedroom, 2000 sq.ft, 1 st floor, independent house, covered car parking, semi furnished, 2 A/c, rent Rs. 28000, Brahmins only. Ph: 93821 08050. WEST MAMBALAM, Lakshminarayanan Street, single bedroom, hall, kitchen, attached bath, independent house, 1 st floor, 3 rd portion, 2- wheeler parking, water facilities, rent Rs. 7500, brokers excuse, inspection on Saturday and Sunday, time 10 a.m to 5.30 p.m. Ph: 94452 52460, 96772 28565. ASHOK NAGAR, 15 th Avenue, behind Udayam Theater, 3 bedroom, hall, kitchen, dining, 2 nd floor flat, closed cupboards, rent Rs. 15000, vegetarians only, brokers excuse. Ph: 2366 1557, 97890 85033. T. NAGAR, Old No.7, Cart Track Road, opposite Moopathamman Temple, independent portion, 900 sq.ft, including ground and 1 st floor, 24 hours bore water, 3 phase supply, vegetarians only, contact premises on Sunday, 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Ph: 2815 8020, 98403 67286. ASHOK NAGAR, Balaji Apartments, 49 th Street, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 800 sq.ft, 2 nd floor, no lift, A/c, woodwork, open car park, rent Rs. 11000, small vegetarian family, no brokers. Ph: 2489 5604, 98846 26205. WEST MAMBALAM, Navin s Shreyas, Postal Colony 4 th Street, near Hindu Vidyalaya, 2 bedroom, 930 sq.ft, 1 st floor flat, covered car park. Ph: 98406 33352, 98406 33372. T. NAGAR, Masilamani Street, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1100 sq.ft, 2 nd floor, open car park, A/ c, 24 hours water, Brahmins only, no brokers. Ph: 94451 20329, 080-2557 9565. T. NAGAR, Motilal Street, 2 bedroom, independent house, ground floor, rent Rs. 8500, Brahmins only. Ph: 98417 81122, 98411 15722. WEST MAMBALAM, Kuppiah Street, near railway station, spacious 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1 st floor, 2-wheeler parking, plenty of water, Brahmins only, rent Rs. 10000, available from 1 st February 2012. Ph: 96001 67514, 2471 4432. K. K. NAGAR, Double Tank Colony, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 750 sq.ft, ample open car park, rent Rs. 11000, brokers excuse. Ph: 98413 63474. WEST MAMBALAM, Rukmani Street, duplex flat, 1600 sq.ft, immediate occupation, brokers excuse, Brahmins only. Ph: 98400 67817, 2489 1022. T. NAGAR, Madley Road, single bedroom, attached bath, rent Rs. 7000, advance Rs. 25000, family or bachelors also. Contact: M. Kala. Ph: 91764 04559. KODAMBAKKAM, Aziz Nagar 1 st Street, double bedroom, 1100 sq.ft, car parking, rent Rs. 16000, 24 hours water facility, brokers excuse, Brahmins only. Ph: 98843 84894. KODAMBAKKAM, Viswanathapuram Main Road, near Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, 2 bedroom flat, 900 sq.ft, 3 rd floor, lift, car park, rent Rs. 15000, vegetarian only. Contact: Agent. Ph: 9381898988. WEST MAMBALAM, Kavarai Street, 3 bedroom, hall, modular kitchen, 2 bedroom bath / toilet attached, 1 common toilet, 1 st floor, complete woodwork, marble flooring, rent Rs. 20000 (negotiable), advance 5 months, brokers excuse, vegetarians only, covered car park. Ph: 2471 1543, 9444264712. T. NAGAR, No. 56, Mahalakshmi Street, accommodation for small Brahmin family, rent Rs. 9000. Ph: 9380221246, 9940583361, 2277 0330. WEST MAMBALAM, Dwaraka Enclave, Ganapathy Street, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, study room, 1 st floor, electrical fittings, fans & lights, woodwork in hall and bedroom, open car park, 24 hours water, rent Rs. 20000 (negotiable), maintenance Rs. 900, vegetarians only. Ph: 98840 72884. T. NAGAR, Malony Street, 2 bedroom, hall, modular kitchen, dining, pooja room, service area, 1000 sq.ft, 1 st floor, car & 2 wheeler parking, commercial / residential, no brokers. Ph: 93810 37836. ASHOK NAGAR, 18 th Avenue, independent house, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 800 sq.ft, 1 st floor, 2-wheeler parking only, Brahmins only, no brokers, rent Rs. 10000, advance 10 months. R. Balakrishnan. Ph: 93809 05526, 92834 18915. T. NAGAR, Ansari Flats, No. 5/20, Ramasamy Street, adjacent to Fathima Jewellers, single bedroom, 585 sq.ft, 2 nd floor, 2-wheeler parking only, small Brahmin family / vegetarians, no brokers, inspection on Sunday, 9 a.m to 3 p.m. Ph: 98845 31055, 99629 57280. ASHOK NAGAR, Anugraha Colony, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, dining, store, 2 toilets, bath, 1000 sq.ft, ground floor, closed verandahs, copious water, exclusive car park, kitchen garden, fully tiled, short period 6 to 10 months also considered, brokers excuse. Ph: 99401 69400, 87545 35098. WEST MAMBALAM, Sastha Flats, 12/23, Sampangi Street, 3 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1300 sq.ft, 2 nd floor, 2-wheeler parking, rent Rs. 18000, vegetarians only. Ph: 93821 39249. THIRUVANMIYUR, Siruseri, next to Padur Adora Building, 3 bedroom, hall, modular kitchen, lift, 1900 sq.ft, 7 th floor apartment, 2 car parking, full woodwork, family or bachelors, vegetarians or non-vegetarians, rent Rs. 25000. Contact: Agent. Ph: 90427 72352, 81489 59362. WEST MAMBALAM, Jaishankar Street, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1 attached bath, 1 common bathroom, new flat, 800 sq.ft, 2 nd floor, covered car parking, no lift, rent Rs. 16K, Brahmins only. Contact: Anand. Ph: 89396 27296. WEST MAMBALAM, No. 24, Thalayari Street, 3 bedroom, 1000 sq.ft, 1 st floor, lift, covered car park, rent Rs. 20000, brokers excuse. Contact: Thruvarasu Associates. Ph: 94444 54743, 98849 93885. WEST MAMBALAM, Postal Colony 2 nd Street, double bedroom, dining, pooja room, 1200 sq.ft, independent ground floor, big car park, marble flooring, Brahmins, even Kannada or Telugu, rent Rs. 18000, advance 1.5 lakhs (negotiable), lot of moving space. Contact: Mohan. Ph: 98407 27065. WEST MAMBALAM, Shyamala Vadhana Street, near Kali Temple, 3 bedroom, independent house, car park, open space, rent Rs. 22K, no brokers, Brahmins only. Ph: 97898 20156, 2480 4369. T. NAGAR, Madley 2 nd Street, near bus terminus, 2 bedroom, 750 sq.ft, ground floor flat, car parking, 24 hours water, vegetarians only, rent Rs. 15000 (negotiable). Contact: Arasu. Ph: 98404 48893. T. NAGAR, New Boag Road, 1 bedroom, hall, kitchen, furnished, Brahmins only, suitable for small family, no brokers. Contact on Saturday, 6 a.m to 5 p.m & Sunday, after 3 p.m, Ph: 98842 21336. WEST MAMBALAM, Rukmani Street, 3 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1200 sq.ft, 1 st floor, rent Rs. 22000, Brahmins only, no brokers please. Contact or SMS : 98843 04778. T. NAGAR, Madley Road, near railway station, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, bath attached, 1 st floor apartment, rent Rs. 8500, family or bachelors also. Ph: 98411 93685. ASHOK NAGAR, Indira Colony, 3 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1100 sq.ft, 2 nd floor, car parking, rent Rs. 15000, Brahmins only. Contact: Agent. Ph: 99520 45235. WEST MAMBALAM, Brindavan Street Extension, 900 sq.ft, 2 nd floor, 2 bedroom flat, hall, kitchen, 2 split A/c, wood work, open car park, lift, vegetarians preferred, rent Rs. 16000. Ph: 98409 03453. It is an ordeal for consumers of Aavin milk attached to Depot 177 on Ellaimman Koil Street, West Mambalam on the 5 th of every month as they are not sure where their cards will be renewed. Every month a long queue can be seen outside a different apartment/flat complex as the staff issuing the cards are still to find a complex which will allow them to operate on the 5 th on a permanent basis. Consumers have to keep enquiring from residents every month as to where the cards are being issued. The staff also complain that there is no security despite the fact that they handle huge amounts of cash. Archaeological presentation this evening Under the auspices of Tamil Heritage Trust and Reach Foundation, Dr. P. Raghavan will give an archeological presentation on Thirai kadal odiyum dhraviam thedu at 5.30 p.m on Saturday, Jan. 7 in Vinobha Hall, Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya, Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar. The topic will cover archaeological excavations (1904 and 2004) in Adichanallur in Tuticorin District which brought to light many salient features of a culture of composite nature that could bridge gaps in the cultural links of South East Asia. More details can be had from A. Annamalai (Gandhi Study Center) in phone 94441 83198. Free Veda classes thrice a week Kurichi Lakshminarasimhachariar (resident of 8, 2 nd Main Road, CIT Nagar East, Nandanam) conducts free Veda and Suktham classes from 9 a.m to 10 a.m on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. phone 98406 40705. Is anything interesting happening in your street or locality? Please inform MAMBALAM TIMES! ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m on Fridays & Sundays : Kesari School, Dr. Giriappa Road (near Teynampet Signal).

Page 8 MAMBALAM TIMES January 7-13, 2012 Lakshman Street first to be relaid with plastic-mixed bitumen Chennai Corporation started re-laying roads using plastic-mixed bitumen on Jan. 4 The work was launched on Lakshmanan Street in T. Nagar by Mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy and R. Vasudevan (Dean and Head of the Chemistry Department, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai), who invented the technique and holds a patent for it. Duraisamy announced that all roads in the city will have plastic content in future. A total of 1,616 roads to be relaid in 2011-2012 in the city will have 10 per cent plastic content in addition to bitumen, Saidai S. Duraisamy (Mayor), who walked briskly from Pitti Thiyagaraya Hall (G. N. Chetty Road) to nearby Lakshman Street where the Corporation s project to relay roads with plastic-mixed bitumen was launched, left officials accompanying him panting and sweating in their effort to keep pace on Jan. 4. Saying that he would rather walk the short distance than go by car, Duraiswamy, who is 60, started off briskly at the end of a lecture on Relaying bituminous roads using waste plastic implementation methods by Dr. R. Vasudevan (Dean and Head of the Chemistry Department, Thiagara- Mayor Duraisamy and Vasudevan (in blue shirt) adding shredded plastic waste to blue metal at the launch of relaying on Lakshman Street. he added. The initiative to re-lay roads with plastic in the city follows a gazette notification by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in February 4, 2011. Plastic waste generation in the Corporation limits is at the rate of 9% of 3,711 tonnes of garbage a day. This amounts Officials struggle to keep pace with Mayor jar College of Engineering, Madurai), the inventor of the process. Seeing officials struggling to keep up with him, the Mayor attributed his fitness to dieting according to naturopathy and yoga. to 334 tonnes per day which can be used for re-laying of roads if all the residents cooperate with the civic body by leaving their plastic waste in collection bins. The civic body has put in place bins in every ward office. The plastic will be shredded to a size of 2-3 mm using a scrap grinder before use in road relaying, according to Vasudevan. The bitumen mix, after addition of plastic, will have a temperature of 140 degrees Celsius before the paver machine is operated. The quality and strength of the road increases manifold after mixing plastics and potholes formation can be prevented, he added. Trench closed after report in Mambalam Times Inspector restores bag with jewels to owner C. S. Prakash Kumar (Sub- Inspector, Traffic, T. Nagar Sub-division) restored a bag containing gold and diamond ornaments worth Rs. 1 lakh, Rs. 4000 in cash and documents he found on 3 rd Aveune, Ashok Nagar at 10 p.m on Jan. 4, to the owner the same night. He told Mambalam Times that he found the bag near a private hospital while returning home. He found an ID card he found in the bag. When he rang up the number in the card, the call was answered by Arvind, son of B. S. Ramani who had lost the bag. Arvind told him that his father had Koodaravalli program on Thursday Under the auspices of Sri Swathi Nrusimha Maha Yagna Trust (34/24, Venkatesan Street, T. Nagar), there Thiyagaraja kritis concert in Jeeva Park tomorrow Under the auspices of Jeeva Park Walkers and Joggers Association (Jeeva Park, G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar), M. Ragini Sri, S. Suganaya, K. Revathi and Varshini will present Thiyagaraja kritis at 7.30 a.m on Sunday, Jan. 8 in the park. They will be accompanied by R. Hemanth (mridangam), R. Sriram (veena), P. Ranganathan (violin) and Mahalingam (flute). phone 98414 32604. will be Koodaravalli program at 8.30 a.m on Thursday, Jan. 12. There will be Andal Thirukalyanam at 5 p.m on Saturday, Jan. 14. phone 2435 3704. been admitted in a private hospital in Vadapalani as he was suffering from chest pain. Arvind later collected the bag from Prakash. Prakash s act drew praise from top officials. He can be contacted in phone 94440 11703. Child Helpline 1098 C M Y K Before After Following the report Trench in which teacher died still unfilled published in December 17-23 issue, Corporation workers closed the trench last week. Edited & Published by K.S. Ramakrishnan. Office: 7/3, Madley Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 17. Ph: 2434 9236, 2431 39 37. Printed by Ramesh Adityan at Powerfull Printers, 74, Kannappan Street, Aminijikarai, Chennai 29.