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Edition 6 Page 1_Layout 1 2/28/2020 4:29 PM Page 1 Volume No 20 Issue No 6 February 28, 2020 LAB JOURNAL OF THE ASIAN COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM Effects of farm Polluted metro Fighting online protection law water a concern child abuse Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 People oppose beach-link road The Madras HC on February 21 ordered a study on extending Marina Loop Road PHURPA LHAMO ter J. Jayalalithaa scrapped the plan S. Rajendiran of the Buildings and in 2011, it has been revived be - Bridges Department of the GCC, Fishermen, environmentalists, and cause of the court order. the road would mean less travel and people residing along the Besant The members of the Save Chen - less fuel consumption. Nagar Beach stretch are unhappy nai Beaches Campaign said that a “We know that there will be im - with the Madras High Court’s di - letter would be submitted to the pact on the environment. That can - rection to the Government urging it High Court and a press meet would not be avoided,” he said. to consider reconstructing a road be conducted at Urur Olcott Kup - With regard to the CRZ, he said from the Loop Road to Besant pam to show the impact of the that because the Broken Bridge had Nagar. construction on fishermen and en - been constructed prior to when the The order passed on February 21 vironment. CRZ was issued in 1991, the regu - by Justice Vineet Kothari and Jus - Naturalist M.Yuvan said that the lations didn't apply to the project. The sit-in protest in Washermanpet enters its 14th day tice R Suresh Kumar, said the road’s major impact would be on However, to avoid the impact on amidst allegations SAYANTAN GUHA Greater Chennai Corporation the inter-tidal life along the Elliot’s the fishermen, the GCC has a plan (GCC) and the State authorities Reconstruction of the Broken Bridge will be part of the Loop Beach. The stretch also had mud - B for the execution of the project. should explore the possibility of re - Road to Besant Nagar road connection PHURPA LHAMO flats (coastal wetlands that form in While plan A would mean the constructing the road to create an intertidal areas where sediments road starting from the Loop Road alternative route from Santhome to among others. tending the Loop Road to Besant have been deposited by tides or ri - to Besant Nagar through the fisher - Protestors deny reduce the traffic on the existing According to K Bharathi, presi - Nagar, the government could widen vers) with varieties of clams, snails men communities along the stretch, route. dent, South India Fishermen Wel - the Santhome High Road, which and crabs, which support the shore plan B would mean that the road Fearing that the project may fare Association, there are around will help ease the traffic conges - birds. would avoid the fishermen com - mean their being evicted, A. Vinod, 50,000 families in the 14 fishermen tion. “There are over 191 bird species munity at Nochi Nagar and start stealing power 30, who resides at the Urur Olcott communities, which fall along the While fishermen have been co - along this stretch and if this road from the bridge near the Foreshore SAYANTAN GUHA tually connected to the houses.” Kuppam fishermen community stretch. ming together to oppose the pro - comes through, this habitat will be Estate Bus Terminus. As permission was granted by said: “No consultation has been “Ninety per cent of these fami - ject, environmentalists and lost. Even if the food is available Rajendiran said that after the Anti-CAA protestors at Washer - the owner of the houses the protes - done. This is our home. We cannot lies earn their income through fis - non-fishermen including residents for the birds, they will migrate due Broken Bridge connectivity, an ele - menpet have disputed press reports tors are not guilty. “But we will be and don't want to move somewhere hing and displacing them would came together to discuss the issue to the noise,” M. Yuvan said. vated expressway could be used to saying they were stealing power keeping a regular check,” added the else.” take their source of income away. on February 23 as part of the Save The construction should also be avoid the fishermen community at from junction boxes for their fans AEE. The 2.2 km road will pass Even during high fishing seasons, Chennai Beaches Campaign for - restricted going by the Coastal Re - Urur Olcott Kuppam. and lights at the protest site on the According to Latif, President of through the fishing communities of we go in groups and staying near med in 2009 to challenge the then gulation Zone (CRZ) rules, Yuvan The Rs 500 crores worth project street. the Wannarpet Mosque Federation, Urur Olcott Kuppam, Nochi Nagar, the seashore has helped,” Bharathi Coastal Elevated Expressway Pro - added. The GCC is expected to is expected to be constructed under According to the media reports “The EB officials have verified our Pattinapakkam, Nochikuppam, Ra - said. ject. complete the feasibility study by the public-private partnership that were pu - innocence, howe - jaji Nagar and Mullikuppam Bharathi said that instead of ex - Although the then Chief Minis - May. According to Chief Engineer (PPP) model. blished with ver, there are photographs, the “During the visits we found constant false Tamil Nadu nothing against the complaints lod - Electric Board ged against us to (TNEB) offi - protestors. There was a hinder the pro - 4 student suicides in a year cials had “col - picture circulating with a tests.” SHIVANAND S Along with several rumours such diate action. In some cases, they are lected details fan wired to the junction At the early as relationship failures and family left with warnings.” about the mal - phases of the pro - A 19-year-old B.Tech student was problems, academic pressure has The college has hosted few ‘anti- practices” and box but during inspection test, which started found hanging in her hostel room at also been considered as a reason suicide’ camps earlier to provide found the pro - we found that these fans from February 14, the SRM Institute of Science and behind such incidents. counselling and awareness to the testors guilty. there were allega - Technology, Kattankulathur, near Asked about that, an engineering students. R. Shiva Virman, an M.A. However, the were actually connected to tions of traffic Chennai on February 22. The rea - professor said, ”Most certainly, Mass Communication student who Assistant Engi - the houses.” jams being caused son for her suicide is not known. A academic pressure is not the reason conducted the last year’s camp, neer of TAN - -TANGEDCO AEE by the protestors. case has been registered at the Ma - behind these suicides. These stu - ‘Jeevan’ said “Our department has GEDCO- New But the protestors raimalai Nagar police station. dents have their personal problems hosted this camp for two consecu - Washermenpet claimed to have The bus services have deteriorated over time, say This is the fourth suicide in the such as romantic affairs and family tive years, 2018 and 2019. We denied that any such details were volunteers to facilitate free-move - commuters SAMEER KULKARNI Kattankulathur campus in one year, situations that lead to mental pres - bring in renowned psychologists to collected from Chennai’s Shaheen ment of the traffic since day one. going by media reports. The sure.” provide counselling for the stu - Bagh. Shabnaam, one of the protestors, CBCID (Crime Branch-Crime In - “The professors, her,e have been dents.” Basheer, one of the protestors, said “The volunteers are not desig - vestigation Department) has been open to any suggestion from the These camps seem to have been said “Someone had complained nated. Whoever is free on the day investigating these suicides at the students and we give several war - the only initiative to prevent suici - about us stealing electricity from can turn up and help us. Every day MTC buses: hostel on the campus. nings before we take any serious des. Many students complained the transformers and the junction we have around 15-20 volunteers Ayushi Mishra, a fellow hostel action against the students for fai - that the university has not taken boxes for the fans and lights in the and they make sure that there are no resident said, ”On Saturday mor - ling exams or missing deadline on any steps to ensure the safety of the protest area. But we were using traffic issues.” ning the girl’s roommates found her project submission,” he added. students. electrical supply from the houses She insisted that the protestors Keep waiting hanging in her room on the eighth He also said, ”This university Some of the CCTV cameras on and shops nearby, only after per - abided by the allowed decibel le - SAMEER KULKARNI buses during the afternoons has led floor of the hostel building. That admits thousands of students every the campus have been non-functio - mission.” vels while using mikes and also the people to be dependent on the share floor is currently empty.” year and we have never received nal for months. No steps were taken After the complaint, TNEB offi - time restrictions. Several commuters using the Me - autos and vans. Another hostelers said that ”I any complaints of students being even after receiving several com - cials visited the area, said Basheer. Talking about police vigilance in tropolitan Transport Corporation “I won’t reach anywhere if I start have heard that the girl has attemp - put under pressure for academic plaints from the student. P. Rajesh, a shopkeeper in the the area, Inspector General (IG) S. (MTC) bus services in the city have relying on these buses.

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