OMR Rider

                                                  If you are a Bengali making a living at OMR and looking for communal support , the Dakshin Chennai Prabhasi Cultural Association should come to your rescue. With over 290 members in its facebook group the association was conceived by senior Bengali IT Professionals working in Chennai. The Hindu wrote an article on their association on Sep 26,2014( Bong bonding stretches to OMR ). The article cites that the association started with the 'Jhal Muri' meetings (Jhal Muri is a spicy rice preparation in Bengal) organised by Sanjay Dhol, the president of the association and gradually expanded to attract the others. The association's mission statement reads: Senior professionals in South Chennai fe...

             Puhaipadam films SureshBabu has made the above wonderful aerial ride of OMR using drone camera. Enjoy your ride! More about puhaipadam films here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnspeyJZthFBygxc24jlFpQ

                                                A straight road , six laned , OMR provides a free ride in most of its stretch, yet the average speed on OMR is just:                              20.8 kmph Tidel park junction @ night This data is provided by IIT M and was mentioned in The Hindu ( http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-society/slow-and-furious/article6386707.ece ) in an article few days back. The low figure is due to Tidel park junction where OMR riders are forced to wait for an average of 3 minutes. Apart from Tidel park , Sholinganallur and SRP tools are also crucial junction...

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source:chennaidreamhomes.com  If you were asked to name a bird sanctuary in Tamilnadu what would you answer? Vedanthangal popped up.Isnt it? Do you know there is one in Chennai with more species of birds than Vedanthangal?                                                                                                    Clouds of smoke blocked our transit on a typical office day travel.The garbage dump at Pallikaranai had caught fire and was puffing out heavy smoke.This is not the first time though.Opposite to the garbage dump is this wetland and can be easily mistaken for a waste land as well.It might not catch one's attention expect for the cute small ducks swimming in patterns.As of now there are 115 bir...