Chennai’s beaches and the sand bed near the Besant nagar beach (Adyar) are littered with plastic, rubble and other junk.

Chennai

Eight months ago, sanction was given to implement phases to clean beaches of an eco-restoration project across of the Besant nagar (Adyar) and other places across tamilnadu.

Because of the delay in commissioning the project over the past few years, pollution levels continue to be high in the area. Visitors to the beach in the area are forced to sit in the midst of garbage.

The Chennai Corporation is clearing garbage in the beach area from marina beach to thiruvanmiyur beach. The public works department had handed over the stretch to the Corporation for maintenance. But the beach areas beyond Light House towards Adyar continue to remain polluted. Mosquito breeding sources too, are found in some localities.

The first phase of the restoration project, constituting is more than 50acres involved the cleaning, restoration and planting of lakhs saplings of various species. Experts associated with the second phase said the project would mainly involve water body restoration but land area would also be restored.

Other initiatives in the second phase will include habitat restoration, monitoring pathways, sanitation, solid waste management and measures to enhance tidal influx in the Adyar.

The third phase of cleaning is to cover the entire banks of the Adyar River. The proposal to restore the area includes cleaning of the sands. The cleaned sand “shall be hard, durable, clean and free from adherent coatings and organic matter.

The Chennai Corporation is planning to install additional bins and garbage in the Besant nagar beach (Adyar). Action in this area has also been causing accumulation of garbage dumped in the sea.

Delay in commissioning eco-restoration project has led to high pollution levels in the area tidal action also contributes to condition.

Shock no words for floods

Chennai is far better today than it was in 2004, the next tidal surge will take a far deadlier toll on the city than the tsunami did in 2004. After many years there was a flood in Chennai. The total rainfall in and around Chennai is the highest in a past few year ago.

More than 1,000 people have lost their lives, in many areas there were under knee-deep water, boats have been pressed into service to rescue people, and many people anger over the government where they didn't take any steps forward or rescue people.

The quantum of water discharged from various reservoirs, the cancellations of train and other transport services, the real predictions of precipitation from the weather department, and the nature of the relief operations that were available were shared on a real-time basis or warn people around the city.

There were millions of volunteers helped and share their homes who are homeless in and around the city. There was power cuts for more than a 1 week. Hospitals also as shortage of power and diesel which had killed 20 during the floods. Most of them are elder people due lack of ventilators which couldn't work due to power.  

In North Chennai, there are plenty of government companies which it had major problem. Rain water took hours to drain and even some companies has more than a week and companies has too much of loss. A river near by north Chennai which has overflow into the city.

Fear of nature, rather than love for it, should be our emotion in dealing with natural processes and safeguarding ourselves. But propped by an unjustified faith in technology, modern humans have lost their awe of nature. This may be the reason why even as we get one more disaster in a same weak.