Coastal Protection Group on NDTV Hindu

YouTube - ndtvhindu's Channel

There's some news about the protests against the proposed elevated expressway along the Chennai beaches in this segment from NDTV Hindu's Youtube channel. This blog was inspired by the group that does this work in India and this post is meant as a big thanks to them. That said, the hard work that they have put in, is at a critical stage and the risks of the expressway being built are great indeed. Hopefully, friends of this blog would try and help in whatever way they can to convince the political and bureaucratic authorities that their expressway plan is ill conceived, bound to be unnecessarily expensive and not really likely to help any of the groups representing people living along the proposed route. Do we want to replace some of the loveliest public spaces in Chennai with a concrete monstrosity, noise and perpetual exhaust smoke?

The Hindu Reports on the Protests Against the Elevated Corridor

I have received the following link from the Coastal Protection Group which is dedicated to monitoring "development" along the beautiful Chennai coast: http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/31/stories/2009083158430200.htm The report on the recent protests that were organized are very to the point. Additionally, there is a presentation that could be downloaded from: http://www.sipcotcuddalore.com/reports.html that should interest those who are interested in alternative solutions to this very vexing issue.

The Coastal Protection Group inserted 18,000 pamphlets into newspapers and distributed them to the public at the various beaches in their drive to get information across. This is incredible work and I would request friends who are in the USA and elsewhere in India who support this group, to please follow this campaign which I shall be writing about here. Please also pass this information on to as many people as you can. Thank you!