Elliots Beach - Getting to be a Concrete Eyesore

I have been crying myself hoarse since February 2007 - Civil Society Group called for a meeting with the Corporation Commissioner Mr.Rajesh Lakhani and we were assured that no construction will take place on the Elliots Beach and they would not concrete the beach.

Do you know the 'Promises are made to be broken' and the Elliots Beach is getting a concrete monstrosity and the Chennai Corporation has encroached on the Beach?

Do you know that as per the CRZ rules (Coastal Regulation Zone) no construction should take place within 500 metres of the High Tide line?

So if the Tamilnadu Government shows so much of respect to rules laid by the Judiciary, how will the common man accept it?

In the month of October, the Commisioner of Chennai Corporation assured us that the construction will stop. NOW WE FIND THAT THE WORK IS GOING ON IN A PHASED MANNER ABOUT 10 FEET AT A TIME SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE AWARE OF THE EXTENTION OF THE WORK.

THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED IN TAMIL - முழு புசிநிக்கையை சோற்றில் மறைப்பது.

ஒரு நாள் எல்லோரும் சேர்ந்து அத்துமிறி கட்டும் பணியை இடித்து அங்குள்ள சிமெண்ட் குப்பைகள் எல்லாவற்றையும் பீச்சுக்கு வெளியே ரோட்டில் கொண்டு கொட்ட போறோம்.

அந்த நாள் ரொம்ப தூரம் இல்லை.