A few weeks ago, I wrote about a planned beach clean-up by the Let's ROB group and the picture above shows positive results from just one cleanup. Now, just imagine what the results would be if the cleanup attracted more members and the mangroves were restored right across the beaches! I can imagine my childhood years from four decades ago when we would go to a clean beach and pick shells up to bring back home. Have you asked any child these days what a cowrie is? Yeah, some of them might know from pictures that they have seen in some magazine or in some sequence from The National Geographic Channel. Hopefully, this group will see ever greater success and bring back the missing pristine beauty that used to be a part and parcel of Chennai's beaches not all that long ago.
If you haven't joined "Let's ROB," (that's Reclaim Our Beaches for the uninitiated) please do at once. My thanks to everyone involved for their hard work in organizing and promoting this excellent cause!
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