SPMVV initiates repair work on campus
The Hindu
After the recent flood wreaked havoc on its campus, the administrators at Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV) got down to damage control measures.The varsity was inundated on the south-easte
After the recent flood wreaked havoc on its campus, the administrators at Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV) got down to damage control measures.
The varsity was inundated on the south-eastern end, and flooded the building housing School of Biosciences, damaging the lab equipment. An age-old creek passing through the campus overflowed into the adjoining hostel blocks.
The compound wall separating the varsity from the contiguous Sri Venkateswara Dairy Farm also collapsed.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there
This is part of the Karnataka Namakarana Suvarna Mahotsava celebrations organised to mark the naming of the State as ‘Karnataka’ during the tenure of the late D. Devaraj Urs. The statue, sculpted at an approximate cost of ₹21.24 crore, is 41-foot-tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes.