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MM XXVI No. 23 Layout File.Pmd Registered with the Reg. No. TN/CH(C)/374/15-17 Registrar of Newspapers Licenced to post without prepayment for India under R.N.I. 53640/91 Licence No. TN/PMG(CCR)/WPP-506/15-17 Publication: 15th & 28th of every month Rs. 5 per copy (Annual Subscription: Rs. 100/-) WE CARE FOR MADRAS THAT IS CHENNAI INSIDE • Short ‘N’ Snappy • Lost landmarks of Chennai • Gods of the Holy Koovam • The Ramanujan museum • Forgotten veteran lines Vol. XXVI No. 23 MUSINGS March 16-31, 2017 No hi-tech answer to thirst?! (By A Special Correspondent) he newspapers recently were full of how the strike by water Ttanker operators had brought Old Mahabalipuram Road aka IT Corridor to its knees. The much-vaunted hi-tech area, with offices developing high-end software solutions for companies abroad, is pretty low-tech when it comes to that precious commod- ity – water. It just needed three days of no supply for the trouble to assume crisis proportions. The statistics are mind-boggling. The Economic Times has it that Birds that three-fourths of Tamil Nadu’s Rs 50,000 crore software exports happen from the IT corridor. A day’s shutdown would mean a loss flock to of Rs 100 crore. Several Fortune 500 companies depend on this stretch for their IT solutions and some of India’s biggest software Vedanthangal names operate from here. And believe it or not, they all depend on G The first rays of sunlight dra- tankers for their supply of water! Strange though it may seem, matically capture the roosting Metrowater does not cover the area and so, the companies, IT flocks... and this (on left) is Parks and other precincts here are left to their own devices. And what they look like during the these are the most ancient techniques possible – tapping water day, in the midst of the tank. from wells nearby and getting them supplied by tankers. Pictures were taken by Murali Narayanan during the Annual This has worked well for almost a decade now. However, the Waterbirds’ Count at Vedan- rural wells that hitherto catered to the needs are now under a lot of thangal. (Courtesy: Madras stress. Villages are becoming wary of the water being sucked out Naturalists’ Society.) and many have lodged protests at the way they are being exploited. In 2014, the Panchayat of Solanur on the OMR filed a petition seeking restrictions on commercial establishments in the vicinity sinking bore wells. These were being drilled to a depth of 400 feet, the complainants said, and were depleting the groundwater in the For peace in troubled waters... area quite rapidly. The matter is still sub-judice but it is indicative of what could become a trend. he recent death of a nantly Tamil, fishermen of the owned by private interests, (Continued on page 2) T Rameswaram fisherman in Northern Province found them- turning several traditional fish- Palk Strait waters has once selves free again to fish in the ermen from owners to labou- again brought to the fore the Palk Straits for their livelihood. rers. The trawler lobby certainly thorny problem of Indian Tamil They claim that they are af- plays a role in seeing that the A guide fishermen fishing in these fected by more than 500 trawl- present fishing practices in the waters and, many of them, ers from Tamil Nadu crossing Palk Bay continue. ending up in Sri Lankan jails if the International Maritime To get fishermen to give up to the not worse. These Indian fishers Boundary Line and fishing in trawling and consequent de- have continued to fish in Sri the Sri Lankan side of the Palk structive practices in the sensi- Fort Lankan waters – which they Bay, threatening their liveli- tive waters between India and Madras Musings celebrated claim are traditionally also hood. It is also pointed out that Sri Lanka, getting Tamil Nadu its 25th year and Fort St. theirs – despite both India and fisherman to take to deep-sea Sri Lanka agreeing to stop fishing has been suggested. This George’s 375th year with a G by The Editor year-long series in 2015-16 fishing in each other’s waters. kind of fishing in the open titled Know Your Fort better. The violations continued ocean requires different skills It was a fact-packed series by because fishermen know no Indian mechanised trawlers and better-equipped vessels Sriram V of the Fort’s boundaries and go where the have, after severely damaging capable of spending many days 30-plus major sites which has catch is best. marine resources and the sea out of harbour. The fishers need now been brought out as this The problem has assumed bed on their side of the Palk to be trained for such fishing. guide by Palaniappa Brothers. disturbing proportions from The then Chief Minister of A slim, easy to handle book, a Strait, are now doing the same visitor to the Fort can walk 2009 when peace returned to on the Sri Lankan side. It is fur- Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa, his/her way around the Fort the Island after the ethnic con- ther stated that most of the with this alone as guide. flict and Sri Lankan, predomi- trawlers from Tamil Nadu are (Continued on page 2) CMYK 2 MADRAS MUSINGS March 16-31, 2017 What’s the answer to IT thirst? Communicating in Govt. ishtyle ave you ever noticed that at the other end was standing had displaced the Lord as the (Continued from page 1) something else altogether. Con- Hour Government is stuck up. Of course, said the voice. principal attraction. Touching sidering that this is the IT hub, in the 17th Century or there- Saar had been invited and what them, it was once believed, ab- abouts when it comes to its they needed was a second Saar, solved you of all sins. Now, ap- During the height of the where the world’s most creative water tanker strike, with much communication style? Or, which is why the phone call. At parently, the story is that by people are working, surely the rather, ishtyle, as it is pro- this MMM caved in and said touching them you make a of the IT corridor left high and problem can merit some atten- dry, representatives of the nounced by brethren from up ‘yes’. The voice then rung off, killing in real estate. And so tion and solution. Modern North? This aspect was no doubt in order to go and the throng at the lizards’ sanc- software industry met up with toilets that consume less water brought home rather forcefully confabulate with its Saar. tum far outnumbers those the Government and demand- could be a start. Meaningful use to The Man from Madras The letter duly arrived a day wanting to see the Lord. ed a solution to their water of grey water could be another. Musings recently when he was later. In this time and age an Where are the lizards was problems. If the current trend Achieving zero liquid discharge at his desk with nary a thought email would have done the job, the question that was asked in persists, they are of the view could be a third. Many sophisti- in his head, other than this col- but not so in Government. just about any national lan- that the OMR may become cated solutions are now avail- umn, of course. They had spent Rs 20 on send- guage as the faithful charged untenable by 2021. It is to be The phone rang and on ing the letter by speed post. It past MMM. He had not really able across the world for MMM answering it he heard was in a cover that was so thor- planned to see the two reptiles, remembered that many of the minimising the use of water. office and residential complexes an obsequious voice asking if oughly pasted all over that it but with a crowd that re- Certainly, wastage of water is this was Saar speaking. Experi- took quite a while for MMM to sembled the migration of the in the area are yet to be fully something that hardly any ence has taught MMM that cut it open without damaging wildebeest MMM really did occupied and so, the demand developed nation indulges in such beginnings usually mean the paper inside. The envelope not have a choice. He was for water has not yet peaked. today. The IT Corridor ought to a Governmental voice is had all the forbidding stamps pushed into a long cage The Government, it is under- be showing others the way and speaking at the other end, at and seals that make Govern- through which the queue was stood, has promised to look into not demonstrating that it is the peremptory ordering of a ment correspondence so dis- being channelled towards the the matter – which is the backward in the extreme. higher-up, usually a Saar from liked. It had the appearance of lizards. This being the season usual bureaucratese for pigeon- the I Am Superior cadre. a summons or, at the very least, when the black-dhotied and holing. The current crisis is not the MMM replied that indeed it a tax demand. bare-bodied pilgrims are to be What the Government has first to hit the IT Corridor by was and enquired as to what he The letter inside was no bet- seen everywhere, MMM had not asked is as to how many of the way. Water shocks have hit owed the pleasure of this call. ter. It had several reference the pleasure of being rubbed the area in 2011 and 2013.
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