Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Is an Elevated Highway on the Beach essential?

I admire the Government's various policies but some of them are done blindly without realizing the impact of the same at a later date.

To have a smooth flow of traffic in Chennai, the Government has planned an Elevated Highway from North Madras to South Madras (read Madras as Chennai) along the Coast of Bay of Bengal.

The Government framed the CRZ rules. Now they want to flout it.

Have they given a thought for the Olive Ridley turtles which nest on the shores of Elliots Beach and toward the Southern belt beyond? They built an Eco Park and one is yet to see the birds nesting there. There is traffic movement all along this area and when do the birds ever get some peace?

Every day the RTO's (Regional Transport Offices) register 3000 vehicles minimum. Why do they register so many vehicles without having the roadsor the infrastructure for the vehicles to ply? Why is it that each household have 3 to 4 vehicles at no extra cost? Why is the Government allowing people to buy vehicles when they do not have spaces to park?

Has anyone seen a residential locality of late? Ninety percent of vehicles are parked on the roads. The builders use the parking space for residential houses and the Chennai Corporation or Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority do not bother. Obviously some officials turn a blind eye because of rampant corruption in the above mentioned organizations.

Disgusting.

I hope with so many skeletons coming out of the closets in many organizations, I look forward to seeing the corrupt being arrested and the builders loose their licences to build apartments for good.

When is the day one can see the rules not being flouted in this city?

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