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| Eco-park will cover entire 358-acre |
| Artist Johnson prepares signage depicting flora and fauna of the Coromandel region for the Adyar Poonga project, at the entry to the proposed park on
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| INDIA
, 30-March-2007
4:49:6 AM |
| The proposed eco-park in the Adyar Creek area, originally planned on 58 acres, will now be developed to cover the creek's entire expanse of 358 acres, it is learnt.
This follows concerns raised by environmental groups and citizens that an eco-park with the relatively small delineation will not be sustainable if the proximate ecosystem is not addressed.
However, officials of the Chennai Corporation, which has been instructed to remove encroachments, say they have been directed to provide alternative land to hut dwellers in the originally proposed 58 acres.
The State Government has announced Rs.100 crore in the budget towards the development of the Adyar Creek. The same allocation was made in the last budget too by Local Administration and Town Planning Minister M.K. Stalin.
The Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL), the implementing agency, is working on a communication plan to let the public know about the vision for the Adyar Creek. It is co-ordinating the Adyar Poonga Trust the Government has set up to execute the project.
The Adyar Poonga is proposed next to the Ambedkar Memorial off Greenways Road.
"The project should become a model of how Chennai sees its water, of how it can be cleaned up over the next decade," says Joss Brooks from the Pichandikulam Forest Consultants of Auroville, who has been commissioned for the project. "The scene only looks idyllic. The water here is terribly polluted."
A master plan is being prepared for restoring the Adyar Creek. The dilapidated building in the fenced area adjacent to the Ambedkar Memorial now houses unfinished signboards.
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