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The Hindu
2 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
City celebrates 79th Independence Day with grandeur
Mayor R. Priya hoisted the National Flag at the Ripon Building , in the presence of Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran, during the 79th Independence Day celebrations on Friday. Deputy Mayor M. Magesh Kumaar, Joint Commissioner (Health) V. P. Jeyaseelan, councillors, standing committee chairpersons, ward committee chairpersons, chief engineers, and Corporation officials attended the event. Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P. K. Sekarbabu took part in the community feast organised at the Sri Parthasarathy Perumal Temple in Triplicane. Special pujas were also conducted in all temples. Ministers including Thangam Thennarasu, and K. N. Nehru participated in community feasts at the Vadapalani Andavar Temple and at the Ananthapadmanabhaswamy temple in Adyar respectively. As part of the Southern Railway celebrations at the Railway Stadium, Perambur, R.N. Singh, General Manager, Southern Railway hoisted the national flag. He also spoke about Southern Railway's contribution to the overall development of Indian Railways, including augmentation and modernisation of the rail network. The CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC) and CSIR Madras Complex (CMC) celebrated the occasion, with N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC and Coordinating Director, CMC, hoisting the national flag. The 79th Indian Independence Day was celebrated by the Defence Forces in Chennai. Service Heads led by Lieutenant General V Sreehari, AVSM, SC, SM, General Officer Commanding, Dakshin Bharat Area of Indian Army, Rear Admiral Satish Shenai, NM, Flag Officer Commanding ,TN and Puducherry Naval Area of Indian Anvy, Air Commodore Tapan Sharma, Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force Station Tambaram and representative of Inspector General Indian Coast Guard and veterans laid wreaths at the Victory War Memorial in the city. At the Tambaram Armed Reserve Headquarters, Abhin Dinesh Modak, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Tambaram City hoisted the national flag. The Commissioner also awarded top three police stations in the cleanliness and maintenance competition conducted within the Tambaram City Police limits. At the Regional Passport Office, Chennai, the National Flag was hoisted by the Regional Passport Officer S. Vijayakumar, at Indian Oil Bhavan in Chennai, M Sudhakar, Executive Director (Regional Services), Southern Region hoisted the national flag. Furthermore, at Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited's (CPCL) Manali Refinery complex, H. Shankar, Managing Director, CPCL, hoisted the national flag. Uzhaippor Urimai Iyakkam members celebrated Independence Day in Ambattur. The group reiterated its opposition to the privatisation of conservancy work as well as its demand for permanent employment for sanitation workers. It stated that 'without permanency, there is no freedom' and that 'freedom is our birthright.'
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Science
- Time of India
CSIR-SERC to come up with safeguards for railway bridges
Chennai: City researchers are working to frame guidelines for the railways to monitor and evaluate the structural health of its bridges. Experts from CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) in Taramani are drafting guidelines after conducting studies on 10 railway bridges across the country. They also installed devices in two bridges to absorb high-impact forces caused by increased speed and axle load, thereby reducing structural stress. The guidelines aim to help railway engineers assess and strengthen both new and existing bridges to handle longitudinal forces generated when high-speed trains with heavier axle loads pass over them. "Our guidelines will help evaluate the longitudinal force on the substructure of railway bridges, both steel and prestressed concrete, and suggest techniques to mitigate them. This can be adopted for new constructions as well as upgrades," said N Anandavalli, director, CSIR-SERC, on the sidelines of a conference on Wednesday. Following the studies, SERC installed shock transmission units (STUs) in a concrete bridge near Chidambaram and a steel bridge near Puttur, Andhra Pradesh. STUs are hydraulic devices that remain flexible under normal conditions but become rigid during sudden forces like braking or seismic activity, absorbing energy and protecting the structure. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo Earlier, Ravindra Kumar Goel, principal executive director (bridges), ministry of railways, noted that of the 1.6 lakh railway bridges in the country, 34,000 are more than 100 years old. Both the speed of trains and their axle load increased over the years. Since 1903, the axle load alone increased by 33%. He was speaking at CSIR-SERC's Diamond Jubilee conference on Monitoring, Assessment and Predictive Maintenance of Critical Infrastructures (i-MAP 2025). T Archunan, Director (Projects), Chennai Metro Rail Limited, pointed to the disconnect between India's research institutions and field implementation. He stressed the need for institutes such as SERC and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to align theoretical work with practical needs to improve execution and reduce reliance on foreign technology.
The Hindu
21-05-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
There is a need to ramp up research to cater to the growing demands of infrastructure sector, says Chennai Metro official
CHENNAI There should be a quantum leap in efforts to improve infrastructure, T. Archunan, director (projects), Chennai Metro Rail Limited said here on Wednesday. Speaking at the diamond jubilee conference on 'Monitoring, Assessment and Predictive Maintenance of Critical Infrastructures, i-MAP 2025' organised by CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC), he said, SERC was a great institution and there was a need to have more such institutes in the country. But he noted that institutions like SERC, IITs and the other labs have to ramp up to meet the growing demand in the infrastructure sector. The research institutes are not adequate to meet the demands of infrastructure projects. 'We don't have tunnel codes. We have to improve our theory to suit our execution,' he said. Ravindra Kumar Goel, principal executive director (bridges), Ministry of Railways, Rail Bhavan, said, they were maintaining and sustaining very old structures with care, even as the expansion of the railway network was under way. 'There are nearly 34,000 bridges which are more than 100 years old, and we have to sustain them. It is not easy,' he said. There was a need to integrate with SERC, IITs or other academic institutions which could help with mitigating problems in the maintenance of infrastructure, he said and noted that for the Pamban bridge, the health monitoring system instrumentation was provided by the SERC. Srinivas Voggu, chief scientist, CSIR-SERC and organiser of i-MAP 2025 said, over decades, SERC has been carrying out design and performance assessment of critical infrastructure in the country. N. Anandavalli, director CSIR-SERC also spoke during the occasion.
