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"I am a free bird in water. I can move my entire body inside water, thanks to zero gravity. But my wheelchair keeps me caged on land." Geetha Kannan (42) is a wheelchaired person who LOVES swimming independently. Look at her swimming in the Nehru Stadium pool (video 1). She describes how she began doing exercises in water (hydrotherapy), & slowly began swimming 6 months ago. Now, she has bagged three gold medals in a state-level swimming competition in March. (Video 2) But she travels for 1.5 hours from Tambaram to Nehru Stadium every day for her two-hour swim, because #Chennai has barely two accessible pools out of seven public pools. There are around 1.5 lakh people with disabilities in the city and only 150 are trained in swimming lately. There are three Paralympic swimming gold medallists from the city, including Geetha. Not much money or efforts are needed to make a pool accessible. Ramps, tactile flooring, seating lifts, spacious toilets. Despite courts insisting on making every building accessible to all people, many spaces are not yet accessible, including pools, where disabled can feel 'abled'. "If there are more accessible swimming pools, more golds, silvers and bronzes will come to our city from many PwDs," said Geetha.

"I am a free bird in water. I can move my entire body inside water, thanks to zero gravity. But my wheelchair keeps me caged on land." Geetha Kannan (42) is a wheelchaired person who LOVES swimming independently. Look at her swimming in the Nehru Stadium pool (video 1). She describes how she began doing exercises in water (hydrotherapy), & slowly began swimming 6 months ago. Now, she has bagged three gold medals in a state-level swimming competition in March. (Video 2) But she travels for 1.5 hours from Tambaram to Nehru Stadium every day for her two-hour swim, because #Chennai has barely two accessible pools out of seven public pools. There are around 1.5 lakh people with disabilities in the city and only 150 are trained in swimming lately. There are three Paralympic swimming gold medallists from the city, including Geetha. Not much money or efforts are needed to make a pool accessible. Ramps, tactile flooring, seating lifts, spacious toilets. Despite courts insisting on making every building accessible to all people, many spaces are not yet accessible, including pools, where disabled can feel 'abled'. "If there are more accessible swimming pools, more golds, silvers and bronzes will come to our city from many PwDs," said Geetha.

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Today and this week, an every day scene in Maduravoyal bypass in #Chennai. This raw sewage goes to Cooum river. Rs500.5 spent from 2015-23 to restore the river down the drain. Will TN_MAWS Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and WRD seize these lorries. Tomorrow, i will explain their modus operandi. Stay tuned. Video credit: S Ram

Today and this week, an every day scene in Maduravoyal bypass in #Chennai. This raw sewage goes to Cooum river. Rs500.5 spent from 2015-23 to restore the river down the drain. Will TN_MAWS Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and WRD seize these lorries. Tomorrow, i will explain their modus operandi. Stay tuned. Video credit: S Ram

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A student from the Greater Chennai Corporation school in Kalyanapuram, Vyasarpadi says that after my article on poor upkeep and drug abuse, a lot of changes have come- from regular drinking water supply to setting up CCTV cameras to monitor drug-peddling.

A student from the Greater Chennai Corporation school in Kalyanapuram, Vyasarpadi says that after my article on poor upkeep and drug abuse, a lot of changes have come- from regular drinking water supply to setting up CCTV cameras to monitor drug-peddling.

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"I am a free bird in water. I can move my entire body inside water, thanks to zero gravity. But my wheelchair keeps me caged on land." Geetha Kannan (42) is a wheelchaired person who LOVES swimming independently. Look at her swimming in the Nehru Stadium pool (video 1). She describes how she began doing exercises in water (hydrotherapy), & slowly began swimming 6 months ago. Now, she has bagged three gold medals in a state-level swimming competition in March. (Video 2) But she travels for 1.5 hours from Tambaram to Nehru Stadium every day for her two-hour swim, because #Chennai has barely two accessible pools out of seven public pools. There are around 1.5 lakh people with disabilities in the city and only 150 are trained in swimming lately. There are three Paralympic swimming gold medallists from the city, including Geetha. Not much money or efforts are needed to make a pool accessible. Ramps, tactile flooring, seating lifts, spacious toilets. Despite courts insisting on making every building accessible to all people, many spaces are not yet accessible, including pools, where disabled can feel 'abled'. "If there are more accessible swimming pools, more golds, silvers and bronzes will come to our city from many PwDs," said Geetha.

"I am a free bird in water. I can move my entire body inside water, thanks to zero gravity. But my wheelchair keeps me caged on land." Geetha Kannan (42) is a wheelchaired person who LOVES swimming independently. Look at her swimming in the Nehru Stadium pool (video 1). She describes how she began doing exercises in water (hydrotherapy), & slowly began swimming 6 months ago. Now, she has bagged three gold medals in a state-level swimming competition in March. (Video 2) But she travels for 1.5 hours from Tambaram to Nehru Stadium every day for her two-hour swim, because #Chennai has barely two accessible pools out of seven public pools. There are around 1.5 lakh people with disabilities in the city and only 150 are trained in swimming lately. There are three Paralympic swimming gold medallists from the city, including Geetha. Not much money or efforts are needed to make a pool accessible. Ramps, tactile flooring, seating lifts, spacious toilets. Despite courts insisting on making every building accessible to all people, many spaces are not yet accessible, including pools, where disabled can feel 'abled'. "If there are more accessible swimming pools, more golds, silvers and bronzes will come to our city from many PwDs," said Geetha.

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It is high time Greater Chennai Corporation powers its street lights with solar energy, especially during such emergency blackouts, cyclones and other natural disasters. GCC maintains around 3.01 lakh street lights in the city now. Engineers say that there are street lights with individual panels on which light energy is converted to electricity to power the lights. This will also reduce electricity bills in the long run. It can be alternated with the usual power supply too. What do you all think? #Solar #Chennai TANGEDCO Official

It is high time Greater Chennai Corporation powers its street lights with solar energy, especially during such emergency blackouts, cyclones and other natural disasters. GCC maintains around 3.01 lakh street lights in the city now. Engineers say that there are street lights with individual panels on which light energy is converted to electricity to power the lights. This will also reduce electricity bills in the long run. It can be alternated with the usual power supply too. What do you all think? #Solar #Chennai TANGEDCO Official

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