Villupuram – Nagapattinam stretch of ECR likely to be completed by October

Villupuram – Nagapattinam stretch of ECR likely to be completed by October

   Work to widen the East Coast Road (ECR) running from Villupuram to Nagapattinam is expected to be completed by October 2025. The four-lane-wide road — NH 32 (NH – 45A) — with a median and service lanes, and taken up as part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana Scheme, is mostly complete up to Sattanathapuram with both … Read more

ECR alignment from Marakkanam changed; greenfield access-controlled road planned for 30.8 km

ECR alignment from Marakkanam changed; greenfield access-controlled road planned for 30.8 km

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to change the alignment of package 3 of the East Coast Road (ECR) from Marakkanam. Of the total length of 46 km, 30.8 km from Koonimedu to Aliyur will be a greenfield access-controlled stretch that allows motorists to clock up to 100 kmph. The road runs 15.2 … Read more

Win a stay at Sridevi’s beach house in Chennai, and get a private tour with Janhvi Kapoor

Win a stay at Sridevi’s beach house in Chennai, and get a private tour with Janhvi Kapoor

Janhvi Kapoor at her family beach house in Chennai Along the Akkarai beach on the East Coast Road (ECR), you might just spot Janhvi Kapoor doing yoga or unwinding with coconut water. “Being a beach baby, I think our home in Chennai is perfectly located,” says the actor of her four-acre estate in Akkarai, which … Read more

Weekend plans: We are heading to Chennai’s Covelong Classic Surf, Music and Fitness Festival

Weekend plans: We are heading to Chennai’s Covelong Classic Surf, Music and Fitness Festival

From dancing to fitness activities, there’s a lot on offer at the festival Surfers doing what they do best Unless you are living under a rock, you must have heard of the Covelong Classic Surf, Music and Fitness Festival. Back for its ninth edition, this event since its inception in 2013 (with a pandemic-induced break … Read more

Cyclone Mandous | Bus operations to be stopped on ECR, Mamallapuram, before and after landfall

Cyclone Mandous | Bus operations to be stopped on ECR, Mamallapuram, before and after landfall

File photograph used for representational purposes only The Tamil Nadu Transport Department will not be operating buses when Cyclone Mandous makes landfall around Mamallapuram on Friday night. Trasnport Minister, S.S. Sivasankar, in a press release, has said that all bus operations would be stopped during the cyclone’s crossing the coast — two hours before and … Read more