Residents of Chennai’s Thiruvanmiyur stop illegal road from coming up on their beach
The HinduFollowing representations from local residents about the ongoing preparations for an illegal road near Arupadai Veedu Temple near Thiruvanmiyur Beach, the Greater Chennai Corporation acted swiftly by removing three heaps of bituminous material. Residents alleged that the material was placed by an elected representative for an unauthorised road, linking East Coast Road to low-income group residences on the beach. Civic authorities said the Corporation was not planning to lay roads in the beach area and would not allow any unauthorised construction, as it would be a violation of Coastal Regulation Zone regulations. Similar attempts made a few years back to build such illegal new roads and beach beautification proposals along the coastal stretches from Thiruvanmiyur up to Uthandi, within the Greater Chennai Corporation limits, were stalled after judicial interventions / judgements of the Madras High Court,” said Charu Govindan, coordinator, Voice of People, in her mail to the GCC Commissioner, Chennai District Collector and Chennai’s District Coastal Zone Management Authority chairperson and State Coastal Zone Management Authority.
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