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Chennai Trekking Club (CTC) is delighted to announce a 2400-member strong citizen’s initiative to clean up 15 kilometers of Chennai coastlines, all the way from Marina to Injambakkam on Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 6 am onwards.
It has been 4 brilliant photographic years for the clickers.Team Photo walk is stepping into a milestone in November 2011 with the successful completion of 43 walks in 4 years, satisfying the hunger of all the photographers with their professional clicks. Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan - the brain child behind this team. In an exclusive interview with us, he has shared some information about the conception of such an idea. A friend of Chandrachoodan was visiting from Delhi and wanted to know more about the tourist spots in Chennai.
Chennai Corporation (formerly known as Madras Corporation) is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai. It is the oldest corporation in India. It was formed and inaugurated on 29th September 1688. It is headed by a mayor, presiding over 155 councilors in the city. Each ward is represented by 1 councilor. Nathaniel Higginson was the first Mayor, (11 October 1652 – 31 October 1708) was an English politician and a scion of the Higginson family of Salem, Massachusetts who served as the first Mayor of Madras and later as the President of the colony from 3 October 1692 to 7 July 1698.
Shocked seeing a full page advertisement in Hindu sometimes back with the tagline Chennai’s oldest Landmark becomes the newest landmark with hotel Dasaprakash photo!
Hotel Dasaprakash was started by the late K. Seetharama Rao in early 1930s as the first in a chain of hotels he set up in Chennai, Mysore, Udagamandalam and elsewhere in south India.
