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By Our Staff ReporterRasika Fine Arts (83, Lake

View Road, West Mambalam)and Jaigopal Garodia HinduVidyalaya (West Mambalam)jointly conferred the ‘RasikaKala Bharathi’ title and gave acash award of Rs.75,000 toMadurai G. S. Mani for his out-standing contributions in thefield Carnatic music during theinauguration of its 11th annualmusic festival on Dec. 24.

The award was presented byK. Vaidyanathan (Editor,Dinamani). There will be dailymusic concerts by eminent

‘Rasika Kala Bharati’ title conferredon G.S. Mani

musicians from 4 p.m onwards till Jan. 4. All are welcome.

Appeal for volunteersto conduct road safetyawareness drive

Under its Accident Free Nationproject, Thozhan (B65, LalBahadur Sasthri Street,Jafferkhanpet, Chennai 83) inassociation with Chennai TrafficPolice has organised a traffic androad safety awareness campaignon Sunday, Dec. 28 from 3.45 p/m to 7 p.m in eleven busyjunctions in the city including T.Nagar, Mambalam and AshokNagar areas.

It has appealed for volunteersto participate in the campaign.

Persons interested involunteering may contactThozan in 98842 44483 / 9941142188 or visit its Facebook pagew w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /AccidentFreeNation.

Sabarivas (a Thozhanmember) said that they havebeen conducting such campaignsregularly. In the long run, ithopes to make drivers moreconscious of traffic rules, overspeeding and the importance ofsafety measures like wearinghelmets

engaged with making of giftbags and scribbling pads at the

By Our Staff ReporterThe special children of

Sri Ganapathi Gana-pathi Trust (40, Nadha-muni Street, T. Nagar),a center for differently-abled young adultssuffering with cognitivediseases, make greetingcards and send them totheir donors, wellwishers, friends andrelatives every NewYear to show their loveand affection.

Kavery Viswanathan(one of the trustees) saidthat students are

Special children make greeting cards,gift bags

center and they will makegreeting cards with remaining

sheets after finishing gift bags,with the help of volunteers.

She said that parents ofspecial children will assistthem in concentrating on thework.

Kavery said that those whoneed gift bags and scribblingpads can book orders by calling98402 06008 / 94452 19559and any one can visit the centerfrom Monday to Friday, from10.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.

She said “We want ourchildren to learn tolive independently. It was withthis aim that we started thetrust”.

She also invites parents totake care of special childrenabove 20 years to spend theirtime at the center.

More details can be had byvisiting www.ssgtrust.com.

By Our Staff ReporterThe longtime slum dwellers

on the road margin of Dr. Tho-mas Road and those living closeto the Mambalam Canal havebeen relocated to tenements inKannagi Nagar, Okkiyam-Thoraipakkam and Semmen-chery. The shanties erected bythe slum dwellers were demol-ished and removed by Corpo-ration workers.

An official said that so farnearly 500 families have beenrelocated and 1000 more willbe relocated in the coming daysas and when tenements getallotted to them.

Corporation relocates slum dwellersliving along Mambalam Canal

By Our Staff ReporterThe West Mambalam

Samithi of Sri Sathya Sai SevaOrganisation wll conductNagara Sankeerthanam onSunday, Dec. 28, from 5.15 a.mat Deepalayam Flats, GiriStreet, West Mambalam. Theprogram will start withchanting of Aumkara andSuprabhatam.

Devotees will start at thevenue and go around thenearby streets singingbhajans.

Special Sai bhajan will beconducted to welcome NewYear. It will held in Pandiyan

Sai Samithi conducts NagaraSankeerthanam and New YearSai bhajan

Hall (Station Road, WestMambalam) from 9.30 p.m onDec. 31 to 12.05 a.m on Jan. 1.

Talk on ‘ThiruArutpa’ on TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspicious ofVallalar Sanmargasangam(V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph:94453 43706), KolapakkamSanthanam will give a dis-course on ‘Thiru Arutpa –‘Jothiul Jothi’ on Tuesday, Dec.30, at 6 p.m in SakthiVinayagar Temple (P.T. RajanSalai, K.K. Nagar).

All are welcome.

NalayaSigarangal’ssinging contesttommorrowforenoonBy Our Staff Reporter

Nalaiya Sigarangal will con-duct Carnatic and film musicsinging contests on Dec. 28from 11 a.m at RamakrishnaMission High School(Dhanpani Street, T. Nagar).

The contest will be held indifferent age groups between5 and 25 years.

For participation, pleasecontact S. Ram in 9444421264. Entrance is free and allare welcome.

The Editor and Staff ofMambalam Times

Wish You a Happy New Year!

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TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACK

G. RAMANATHAN - 20

By Our Staff ReporterRMD Pain and Palliative

Care Trust, T. Nagar, Ph:93810 16588) conducted aspecial Christmas celebrationmeet for the students attachedto the Social Works Depart-ment in Chennai colleges withterminally ill patients ofKaruna Sagar on Dec. 23.

The students entertained thepatients with variety culturalprograms.

Karuna Sagar providespalliative care to terminally illpatients.

College students entertain terminally ill patients

Daring motoristgives chase, forcesdrunken tempodriver to stopBy Our Staff Reporter

A tempo driver who wasspeeding and driving withoutcontrol by zigzagging throughthe traffic was chased downand stopped by a motorist onDec. 22 at around 10 a.m in 1st

Avenue, Ashok Nagar.The driver was found to be

drunk and the vehicle was con-tracted to the EB department.He was thrashed by the publicand handed over to the police.

The police said that the err-ing driver could have caused afatal accident had he not beenstopped by the daring motoristwho risked his life by overtak-ing and breaking in front of thetempo forcing the driver to stophis vehicle.

A case of rash driving wasregistered against the driver.

By Our Staff ReporterThe junction box of a private telecom service provider is found

half buried in the recently laid pavement of G. N. Chetty Road,T. Nagar.

The box is not visible during dark hours and poses a dangerto pedestrians as they can trip on it.

Half buried junction boxon road pavemen

By Our Staff ReporterVehicles seized by R7 K. K.

Nagar Police Station havebeen dumped in the parking lotreserved for the visitors ofSivan Park (P. T. Rajan Salai,K. K. Nagar).

A regular park visitor saidthat most of the parking spaceis permanently occupied bythese seized vehicles whichleave little space for the visi-tors to park their vehicles.When the enforcers them-selves violate the rule, whomcan we go and complain to, heasked.

Police misuse Sivan Park for parkingseized vehicles

‘Sorgavasal’darshan inneighbourhoodtemples forNew YearBy Our Staff Reporter

On account of VaikundaEkadasi, devotees can have‘Sorgavasal’ darshan on Thurs-day, Jan.1 from 5.30 a.m to 10p.m in Siva Vishnu temple(Usman Road, T. Nagar) andSri Prasanna VenkatesaPerumal Temple (Mettu-palayam, West Mambalam).

Similarly devotees can getVaikunta Dwara Darshanfrom 4.45 a.m in SanjeeviniPeetam (5/1,Kavarai Street,West Mambalam) on Jan. 1.

There will be chanting ofBhagavath Gita, Sri Hanu-man Chalisa, Govinda Nama-sankeerthanam and bhajansfrom 4 a.m onwards.

All are welcome.

Free darshan ofShirdi Sai Babaidol made fromherbs on Jan. 1By Our Staff Reporter

Om Sri Gurusai Thath-peedam (13/16, S. R. Garden,K. K. P. Salai, Nesapakkam)has arranged for free darshanof a Shridi Sai Baba idol madewith herbs on Thursday, Jan.1, from 9 a.m to 2 p.m inPanigraha Kalayana Man-dapam (Arya Gowda Road,West Mambalam).

All are welcome.

G. Ramanathan composed musicfor the hit film ‘MaduraiVeeran’ (1951) which was one of the best during his long andillustrious career as Tamil movies’ music charmer.

There were as many as nine songs in this movie, most of thembecoming hits and some of them still remembered and heard byfilm music lovers, even after more than half-century-plus!

‘Madurai Veeran’ was produced by the well-known movieproduction company of the early decades, Krishna Pictures,which was promoted and controlled by SM. LetchumananChettiar, popularly known as Lena Chettiar. Because he wasan undischarged insolvent, his name did not appear in the credittitles in any of his productions, but he was the moving force andmorebehind his films.

‘Madurai Veeran’ was directed by the noted bilingualfilmmaker D. Yoganand who made several hit movies during hissuccessful career in Tamil and Telugu.

The songs in this movie were composed by G. Ramanathaninclassical Carnatic music ragas. Some of them had more thanone raga in a single song, well blended to create a fascinatingmelody. Movie songs are basically melody-based and do notalways stick to a single raga-base, and more than one raga isused to blend them and to make them more pleasant to hearfor the listener and moviegoer. There are some ragas which arepure Carnatic classicalmusic based, but can be used to give iteven a western touch.

One such raga is Karaharapriyawhich was given such awestern music touch in a song ‘I will sing for you…I will dancefor you... aattamenna solluven…!’, composed by another geniusand movie music charmer M. S.Viswanathan. (More about thissong and MSV later in the series!)

Here follows the list of the songs in ‘Madurai Veeran’ withtheragas mentioned in the write-up for each song:

1. Aadal Kaameero: This is an excellent song and its dancesequence was executed by the brilliant star dancer, actressandaward winner Padmini. This song was rendered in raga Charukesiby the famed musician and off-screen playback singer M.L.Vasanthakumari. (It was in this same raga that the celebratedsong ‘Manmadha Leelayai’ had been rendered by M. K.Thyagaraja Bhagavathar in the box-office bonanza movie‘Haridas (1944)). This song was written by that masterPapanasam Sivan and tuned by him while Ramanathancomposed the background music score. However,Ramanathan’s name does not appear in the credit titles of‘Haridas’ though he has gone on record that he had in factcomposed the music for the song. As they say, success hasmany fathers while failure is always a bastard! According tosome critics, it was after this successful song that Charukesibecame popular not only for movie music, but also in classicalCarnatic music performances.)

2. ‘Naatakam Ellaam’: This song is a duet in the melodiousragaJonpuri and is sung by T. M. Soundararajan and Jikki. Thescene in which this song was featured had innovative lighting,excellent photography with some trick work, focusing onPadmini’s expressive eyes which convey many meanings!

3. ‘YecchuPizhaikkum’: This was a duet by T. M.Soundararajan and P. Leela filmed on MGR and Padmini whodance before a tribal leader (M.M.A. Chinnappa Thevar). Thissong is in the popular raga Behag and was a copy of the classicalsong, ‘Deenakaruna karunakaraney Nataraja’, rendered byMKTBhagavathar in the musical classic of 1939,‘Thiruneelakantar’ .

4. ‘Summa Irundhal’: This was sung by Leela and Jikki andwas filmed as a dance sequence with Lalitha and Ragini, whichbecame the subject matter of a copyright legal dispute betweenthe producers of ‘Madurai Veeran’ and the hit Telugu- Tamilfilm ‘Kaalam Marindi’ and ‘Kaalam Maari Pochu’. It was overthe dance number ‘Yeru Pootti Povaye’, afolk dancenumberwhich was done by a newcomer. Her name? Waheeda Rehmanwho evolved into a great character actress in Hindi movies inlater years. (To be continued)

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By Our Staff ReporterBJP Party workers along

with local residents cleanedVandikaran Street (T. Nagar)and nearby lanes on Dec. 25 aspart of ‘Swach Bharath Abiyan’and also to commemorate the90th birthday of Atal BihariVajpayee (former PM of India).

Residents, BJP workers cleanVandikaran Street

Panigraha Sridhar (VicePresident, South ChennaiDistrict, BJP) said that it is acontinuing campaign under the‘Swach Bharath’ program andits party workers will clean allthe streets falling underCorporation division 136 withthe help of the local residents.

Chennai Runners (T. Nagar)and Trendsetters are jointlyholding an awareness run tospread awareness on AIDS onSunday, Dec. 28, at 6 a.m fromPanagal Park (Bashyam Road,

AIDS awareness run tomorrowT. Nagar) via G. N. ChettyRoad to Gemini Flyover.

All are welcome.More details can be had by

calling 95000 04018 / 9840034121.

Program in Ramana BhakthaSamajam on SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Ramana Baktha Samajam, West Mambalam (BVSNMoorthy School, Thambiah Road, West Mambalam) conductsthe following program on Sundays:

5 p.m: Veda paarayanam5.30 p.m: Ramana Maharishi’s Aksharamanamalai.6 p.m: Discourse. All are welcome.More details can be had in phone 94441 72623.Special pooja is conducted and prasadam distributed among

special children at 11.30 a.m on Ramana Maharishi’s birthstar day (Punarpoosam).

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Naadhabrahmam, a mon-thly music journal, on Dec. 20honoured T.V. Gopalakrish-nan (mridangam exponent andvocalist) with the title ‘NaadaKovida’ during the inaugura-

Naadhabrahmam honours four leadingmusicians

tion of its annual music festi-val ‘Sangeetha Raga Maho-thsavam’ in TAG Auditorium,T. Nagar. It also conferred thetitles ‘Nrithya Kovida’ onKrishnakumari Narendran

(Bhara-thanatyam exponent),‘Naada Sevika’ on LalgudiVijayalakshmi (violin expo-nent) and ‘Nrithya Sevaka’ onZakir Hussain (Bharata-natyam exponent).

Blind women’shostel appeals fordonations tocelebrate PongalBy Our Staff Reporter

Padhmam Blind WelfareCharitable Trust (Old No. 101,1st floor, Natesan Road,Mylapore) is an NGO formedby a small group of blind indi-viduals who are mostly teach-ers employed in city schoolsand colleges.

It runs a hostel for poor blindwomen students pursuinghigher education in city col-leges.

All the students are fromsmall towns and villages inTamilnadu.

The Trust provides a securestay, free food and also arrangesfor coaching classes for prepa-ration for various competitiveexams.

It has appealed for donationsin cash or kind for celebratingPongal.

A. Padamraj Jain (foundermember) said that the Trustmanages its expenses throughinternal funding and donations.He said that the averagemonthly expenditure per stu-dent is Rs. 5000.

For more details, please con-tact the Trust in 80564 76316/ 94441 68100 or emailp a d h m a m b l i n d w e l f a r e@gmail.com.

Its website address isw w w . p a d h m a m b l i n dwelfare.org/index.html.

By Our Staff ReporterA student tied a couple of

school bags to the oppositeend of a see-saw he was play-ing on to balance his load inKitti Park, West Mambalamon Dec. 17.

This just goes to show theweight the students todaycarry on their shoulders toschool.

School bags serve as partnersin game

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Free Reiki awarenessprogram on Jan. 6By Our Staff Reporter

Reiki Centre of India willcelebrate ‘World Reiki Day’ onTuesday, Jan. 6, in GermanHall, Prakasam Street, T.Nagar from 4 p.m to 7 p.m forthe 15th consecutive year.

It will conduct an awarenessprogram in which specialistswill give talks on the benefits ofpracticing Reiki for good health,in curing chronic ailments andfor mental peace.

There is no entrance free. Allare welcome.

For more details andregistration, please contactP.S. Lalitha at 98400 44198 /98405 18135/ 99529 21196.

She said that the Associationhas more than 200 registeredmembers.

Shop sells specialdiabetic andorthopedic footwearBy Our Staff Reporter

Panlin Healthcare (3,Srinivasa Street, West K.K.Nagar) has been sellinghandcrafted and customizeddiabetic and orthopedicfootwear for over a decade.

It has opened an outlet inWest Mambalam at New No.46, Old No. 21, Postal Colony3rd Street, West Mambalam,opposite Canara Bank.

It has its own workshop andworks closely with doctors andpodiatrists to scientificallydesign footwear.

Its footwear will be beneficialto persons suffering fromdiabetes, arthritis, heel pain,achilles tendonitis, calcanealspur, metatarsalgia, arch pain,flat feet arch support, lowerback pain and other footdisorders. It also sells anti-bacterial diabetic socks, gelarch support, heel cushions andsilicon gel insoles.

Its products are also soldthough the online shoppingportals Flipkart and Amazon.

It is open on all daysfrom 10.30 a.m to 9 p.m.

Its contact numbers are4359 2661 and 98400 92661.

For more details, visit thewebsite www.panlinfootwear.in.

Free Veda classesthrice a weekBy Our Staff Reporter

Kurichi Lakshminara-simhachariar (resident of 8, 2nd

Main Road, CIT Nagar East,Nandanam) conducts freeVeda and Suktham classesfrom 9 a.m to 10 a.m onMondays, Wednesdays andFridays.

More details can be had inphone 98406 40705.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORTANGEDCO hounds consumer viaautomated SMS for one rupee dueSir, Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution

Corporation (TANGEDCO) recently updatedthe mobile numbers of its consumers with aview to keep them posted of the power dues. Thewell-intentioned move sometimes causes nui-sance to the consumers. A retired teacher,who stays in our apartment complex keptreceiving repeated SMS from TANGEDCO onhis mobile last week informing him that he hasan outstanding amount of Re.1 and that heshould pay the same immediately or his powersupply could get disconnected. Since he had nopending dues, he approached EB office. Theofficials found that the messages were beingdelivered to his mobile by mistake due to adatabase error. Considering the due of Re. 1, isit worth at all to send such messages even tothe correct consumer? TANGEDCO has beencollecting security deposits every two yearsbased on the consumption levels of each con-sumer. While one cannot but laugh at the waythe TANGEDCO works, incurring such waste-ful expenditure for such a piddly amount couldbe the reason for the recurring loss. For theinefficiency of the officials, the consumers aremade to pay in the forms of hike in powertariff!—V.S. Jayaraman, 31, Motilal Street,T. Nagar

No white board bus on 12C routeSir, At present, MTC is only plying deluxe

buses on the 12C route. The ticket rates aremuch higher compared to the white board(ordinary fare) MTC buses. The service is infre-quent and hence the buses are often over-crowded. It is a popular route for a number ofstudents, office goers and senior citizens likeme who regularly visit temples en route. Whenwill the MTC and the government understandabout the difficulties of poor commuters? I urgethe authorities to increase the frequency andalso ply white board buses on the 12C route forthe benefit of the commuters. – A.Venkitachalam, 21, Abdul Aziz Street, T.Nagar

Beggars’ menace in Natesan ParkSir, I would like to bring to the notice of park

authorities some of the unpleasant happen-ings inside Dr. Natesan Park (T. Nagar). I ama senior citizen and a regular visitor to the parkfor physical and mental relaxation. Beggarsare on the rise within the park. They disturb thepark visitors. It appears to be the work of aracket as a number of these beggars alsoappear to be mentally challenged. They areuncouth and also litter the park. There has alsobeen a recent spurt of young couples datinginside the park and indulging in unsavory ac-tivities causing embarrassment to the visitorsand setting a bad example to young kids whocome to the park to play. I appeal to theauthorities to take suitable action so that thepeace and tranquility of the park and its visi-tors are maintained. – H. Nagesh Bhan-darkar, 40, Sri Krishna Apartments, 8th

Avenue, Ashok Nagar

Where are the PDS inspectorsand officials?

Sir, This refers to the article ‘Hazard outsideration shop on Rameswaram Road’ publishedin Mambalam Times last week under the ‘Let-ters to the Editor’ column. This is the secondtime it has been highlighted. The first reportappeared in 2013 and was also taken up withthe PDS officials then. However it is sad to notethat the same situation continues two yearsdown the line. It has actually gone from bad toworse. I too buy from the same shop and haveoften seen rats and roaches inside the shop.The shop owner in completely unmindful andturns a blind eye when we point it out to him.It is high time the sanitary inspectors or theelected representative did their job and tooksuitable action against the ration shop owner.—S. Ganesan, Rameswaram Road, WestMambalam

Appeal for non-a/c bus onT. Nagar-Kancheepuram route

Sir, MTC is plying only air-conditioned buseson route 576 from T. Nagar Bus Terminus toKancheepuram. The fares are high and beyondthe means of the common man who is forced togo to Koyambedu to board an ordinary farebus. I appeal to the MTC officials to also runordinary buses on this route. – V.S. Jayaraman,31, Motilal Street, T. Nagar

No proper fire safety norms forcommercials establishments

Sir, The report “T. Nagar residents movecourt on fire safety” published in last week’sissue of Mambalam Times is an eye opener notonly for T. Nagar/Mambalam residents butalso for every resident of Chennai. There hasbeen a spurt of uncontrolled commercializa-tion and rampant construction of high risestructures in narrow streets all over Chennai.Most of these are not as per constructionsnorms and I wonder how these get sanctionfrom the concerned authorities. In any panicsituation arises, there is no way to exit from thefloor to safety. The awareness level of thepublic is low and hence there are noprotests. The Government too is blind eyed tothe situation and must strengthen the sanc-tion norms and also conduct regular inspectionof these multi level complexes.— A.Venkitachalam Iyer, Badrachalam Street,West Mambalam

Traffic menace in Thambiah Road/Brindavan Street junction

Sir, Traffic is heavy through out the day atThambiah Road-Brindavan Street junction.Vehicles clamor for space and jump signals atwill. Recently, the signals too stopped workingand are yet to be repaired. Pedestrians, espe-cially school children and senior citizens, arethe worst sufferers who struggle to cross theroads. It is a rarity to see a traffic policeman atthe junction guiding the traffic. I appeal to theconcerned authorities to take suitable actionat the earliest.— T.V.B a s h y a m ,Manickam Street,West Mambalam

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Radha Kalyanamand discourses inRam SamajBy Our Staff Reporter

Special religious programsto welcome the new year will beheld on Dec. 27, 28 and Dec. 31in Sri Ram Samaj (AyodhyaMandapam, Arya GowdaRoad, West Mambalam).

Following are the details:Dec. 27, 8 a.m: Radha

Kalyanam followed by musi-cal discourse of ThodayaMangalam and Geetha Govin-dam by KumbakonamAnanthanarayana Bhagava-thar; 7 p.m: DivyanaamaSankeerthanam followed byDolotsavam.

Dec. 28, 8 a.m: Radha Kalya-nam; 12 noon: Unchavrithi; 4p.m: Anjaneya utsavam.

Dec. 31, 10 p.m to 12 p.m:Namasankeerthanam byBrahmasri Udayalur K.Kalyanarama Bhagavathar &party.

All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterThe women’s workout area

in Sivan Park (P. T. Rajan Salai,K. K. Nagar) is getting a goodresponse from park visitorsafter it was recently developedby Chennai Corporation.

The workout structures areused in physiotherapy centersfor walking, pushback, abdo-men, hands and for other body

Women benefit from workout areain park

parts.Many of the visitors said that

they usually come along withtheir children and are now us-ing the workout area for theirhealth benefit.

They said that the structuresare very useful to people ofall age groups and are easy touse.

The park is open from 5 p.m

to 10 p.m and 4 p.m to 5 p.m onall days.

Star Kumaresan (Council-lor, Ward 131) said that a simi-lar workout area is also beinginstalled for men in the park.

He said that now park isequipped with all amenities forchildren and adults, includingelders, for workouts, walking/jogging, yoga and playing.

By Our Staff ReporterK. Nagadoss (Founder, Thai

Ullam Trust, 30/26, 82nd

Street, Ashok Nagar) donateditems to differently-abled per-sons on Dec. 19 for the fifthconsecutive year.

He said that 100 sarees weregiven to destitute and poorwomen, 10 walking sticks, a

By Our Staff Reporter11-year-old S. Balavignesh

(a resident of NaickammarStreet, West Mambalam) wonthe first place in the annual‘Remote Car Racing’ competi-tion in the under-20 categoryconducted by India Radio Con-trol Racers Association on Dec.20 in Chennai. The event wassponsored by Renault.

Excels in remote car racingevent

Trust donates items to destitute,disabled persons

tricycle and wheelchair tophysically challenged personsand 5 kg rice bag each to 50persons.

Nagadoss said that aid wasgiven by contribution of phi-lanthropists. Those who areinterested in supporting theTrust may contact him at93801 99204 or 78718 75484.

He was the runner-up in the2012 edition. He said that hisbattery powered remote con-trolled car weighs around 4 kg.and has an RMP of 40,000.More than 100 enthusiastsparticipated in the under-20event, he added.

Balavignesh is a Std. 6 stu-dent of Sri Narayana MissionSchool.

DONATE BLOOD

New office bearers forKK Nagar 9th Sector AssociationBy Our Staff Reporter

R. Narayanadoss was elected as President of KK Nagar 9th

Sector Residents Welfare Association on Dec. 21.The other office bearers are Amarajothi (Vice President),

Jayakeerthi Raju (Secretary), Elankovan (Assistant Secre-tary) and Balasubramaniam (Treasurer).

40 blood unitscollected fromdonors

40 units of blood from around65 donors were collected duringthe blood donation drive con-ducted jointly by Daasya (AshokNagar) and Rotary Club of K. K.Nagar in West Mambalam onDec. 25. The blood units werecollected by a team of doctorsfrom VHS Blood Bank and willbe utilized for emergency sur-geries in govt. hospitals.

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By Our Staff ReporterDr. Suneel (founder, Ungala-

kkagha Charitable Trust, 1,Vijayaraghavaiah Road, T.Nagar) received the ‘Voca-tional Excellence Award’ fromRotary Club of ChennaiCoastal last week for render-ing social service for the pastseveral years.

The award was presented byIzak Nazar Seeman (Rotarymember).

Dr. Suneel, a physiothera-pist, is also actively involved insocial welfare activities. His

Dr. Suneel gets ‘Vocational Excellence’award

Trust has helped more than500 underprivileged persons inmedical emergencies to get freeor subsidized treatments.

Dr. Suneel, in association

with leading hospitals, has con-ducted a number of free medi-cal check-up programs in thepoorer sections of the city andits suburbs. He also arrangesfor voluntary organ donation,medical aid and other assis-tance to the handicapped,mentally challenged and poorpatients suffering from lifethreatening ailments likeAIDS, kidney disorders andmore.

More details of the Trust canbe had by visiting the websitehttp://ungalukagha.org/.

You can now call an autowith Ola app!

By Our Staff ReporterFirst it was taxis and now you can also call an autorickshaw

using the Ola app from your smart phone.According to Ola, over 1000 autos in the city have enrolled

in its system.When you open the Ola app and type your location and

touch the auto icon, it searches and indicates the nearbyspots where such autos are parked. If you confirm yourrequest, a message is sent to the auto driver and he contactsyou in your cell phone. You can tell him your exact locationand he will arrive there with his auto.

The fare payable is as shown in the meter, with nohaggling, plus an additional service charge of Rs. 10 for Ola.The metered fare is Rs. 25 for the first 1.8 km and Rs. 12 forevery additional km.

You can also use the Ola app for booking a taxi. The farefor Mini taxi (air conditioned Tata Indica) is Rs. 100 for thefirst 5 kms and Rs. 12 for every additional km.

The fare for Sedan (air-conditioned Tata Indigo) is Rs. 150for the first 6 kms and Rs. 15 for every additional km.

The Ola app can be downloaded from Apple Store foriPhone or from Android Store for other phones.

By Our Staff ReporterResidents of Corporation

Ward Division 130 to 142 maycollect and submit Aadhaarcard application forms atexclusive counters opened atCorporation Zone 10 (NSKSalai, Kodambakkam) from 10a.m to 5 p.m on all workingdays.

Residents of CorporationWard 114-129 (Adyar) whichalso covers some sections of T.Nagar, Ashok Nagar, K. K.Nagar and nearby areas cancollect and submit applicationforms at the counters inCorporation Zone 13 (L. B.Road, Adyar).

Residents who submitapplications will receive a‘Family Number and BlockNumber’ through SMS afterwhich they can register theirbiometric data for Aadhaarcard processing at CorporationDivision Office 134 (Chakra-pani Street, West Mambalam),Corporation Division Office130 (Jawaharlal Nehru Road,Vadapalani) and Zone 10Office.

Corporation Zone 10 coverssome sections of T. Nagar,West Mambalam, Ashok Na-

Special counters opened for acceptingAadhaar card applications

gar, K. K. Nagar, Vadapalani,Kodambakkam and nearbyareas.

More details can be had bycalling 2491 2993, 2446 0910,2446 2396 or 2491 8279.

If anything interestingis happening in your

neighbourhoodplease inform

Mambalam Times.

‘Pagal-PatthuRa-Patthu’ vizha inPerarulala PerumalTemple till Jan. 10By Our Staff Reporter

As part of Margazhi, ‘Pagal-Patthu (10-day daytime) andRa-Patthu (10-day nighttime)Peruvizha’ will be celebratedfrom Dec. 22 to Jan. 10 in SriPerarulala Perumal Temple(25, Thukaram 1st Street, T.Nagar).

There will be chanting ofThirumozhi, singing ofdevotional songs, daily seva andspecial alangaarams to thepresiding deity.

U.Ve. Seshadri Swamy willgive daily discourses on‘Thirupapvai’ from 7.30 a.m to9 a.m. Andal Thirukalayanamwill be performed on Jan.14 at3 p.m. All are welcome.

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