The Latest Breaking News from Vellore

Tanker Foundation installs dialysis machine at Chennai's Corporation Urban Primary Health Centre, supported by Greater Chennai Corporation and Rotary Club of Chennai Towers. Anjana Kovoor commissions machine to help 14,440 people annually diagnosed with kidney failure in Tamil Nadu, offering subsidised dialysis, financial help for medication, investigation and transplantation. Foundation…

State govt. to launch 'health walk track' initiative in Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Tirupattur & Ranipet. 8km route with sign boards, seating, water taps, washrooms & medical camps. Traffic less, avenue trees more, no stray dog menace. Residents encouraged to walk every day.

For more than a month, work on the elevated corridor along the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 44) near Ambur in Tirupattur has been temporarily stopped by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which executes the project along with L&T, due to non-supply of river sand from government quarry at Kandaneri village…

Work on widening Vellore's old Bangalore bypass from two- to four-lanes has begun to improve connectivity and prevent traffic chaos. The 1-km stretch will be widened with tiled pavement and new wide drains. Culvert to discharge excess rainwater into Nicholson Canal, connected to Palar, being built. Work to be completed…

SETC to operate express buses from Tambaram MEPZ & Poonamallee to decongest Koyambedu. Buses to Tiruvannamalai, Vandavasi, Senji, Panruti, Vadalur, Chidambaram, Vellore, Arani, Arcot, Thirupathur, Kancheepuram, Hosur, Tiruttani, Puducherry, Cuddalore, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Velankanni, Tiruchi, Madurai, Tirunelveli. SETC to ease congestion at Koyambedu ahead of Ayudha Pooja.

CMC Hospital in Vellore organizes essay, painting and quiz competitions to commemorate World Diabetes Day 2023. Topics include govt influence on diabetes care, management of diabetes in marginalized populations, and general health and non-communicable diseases. 400 students and 50 teachers from 40 schools to participate. Prizes to be distributed same…

Residents of 14th ward near Katpadi town held a day-long dharna to protest lack of civic amenities. 5,000 residents suffer from poor roads, no piped water, no underground drainage, and inadequate street lights. Despite petitions, no action taken. Mayor Sujatha Anandakumar promised to address residents' plight soon.

TNSTC to operate 31 add'l buses from Vellore, Tirupattur to Tirupati for Brahmotsavam. 25 buses from Vellore, 6 from Tirupattur. 15 regular buses from new bus terminus in Vellore. Special buses from CMBT, Koyembedu to Vellore, Hosur, Tirupattur, Dharmapuri on weekends/Mondays. Special squads to monitor smooth operation.

The Department of Geriatric Medicine of the Government Medical College Hospital in Vellore has observed the International Day of Older Persons with a theme “Fulfilling the promises of the universal declaration of human rights for older persons: Across generations”