'Clean up Chitlapakkam Lake Before Monsoon'
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THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAI * MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2017 TIMES CITY | REGION 5 ‘Clean up Chitlapakkam lake before monsoon’ NEWS DIGEST C Suresh Kumar systematic pollution of the records, the lake spread over ly sewage brought by the in- Residents water body. 92 acres in the 1980s but has lets, thanks to inaction by the Two storm water drain shrunk due to encroachment government to crack down on channels from residential and garbage dumping to 50 residents who use the storm Complain Of areas in Chitlapakkam and acres today. However, more water drains for dumping se- Tambaram empty into the la- than 30 acres of the lake is in- wage.” Skin Allergies ke. Both inlets, meant to car- fested with overgrown water Another resident Sriniva- ry rainwater, bring sewage hyacinth, which cuts off oxy- san said, “As a result of con- Abdullah.Nurullah from homes. gen supply to the water body. suming contaminated gro- @timesgroup.com In an effort to prevent the A marriage hall and two undwater, my family and ne- flow of contaminants into the illegal temples built on the ighbours have contracted Chennai: The upcoming lake, the Chitlapakkam town water channel have narro- skin allergies.” monsoon may not bring joy to panchayat constructed a seri- wed the waterway. Srinivasan and other resi- CLOSE SHAVE: A ten-wheeler tanker lorry carrying drinking residents near Chitlapak- es of bio-pits. These pits were Residents said authoriti- dents assured Arappor Iyak- water overturned on the Kathipara flyover late on Sunday. Traffic kam lake as the 50-acre water meant to retain solid parti- es have failed to act on the en- kam volunteers and any police said the lorry was turning into an arm of the flyover that body has turned into a ces- cles present in the sewage flo- croachments despite several other citizen group that they connects Guindy with Ekkatuthangal at high speed. Traffic moving spool due to sewage and gar- wing into the lake. complaints. The canal which would assist them in resto- towards Vadapalani from Guindy was affected. The driver suffered bage dumping. Residents are However, the project fai- conveys excess water from ring the lake even if it meant minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital demanding that authorities led miserably. Local group Chitlapakkam lake to the entering the polluted water act immediately and desilt Chitlapakkam Rising volun- Sembakkam lake has narro- SMELLY AFFAIR: A dumpyard spread over 2 acres on the northern body with spades. the lake to ensure inflow du- teer Udaya said, “So far, at le- wed to 2-10 feet, the Arappor end of the lake has been encroaching the lake bed for several years. A public interest litiga- Prince of Arcot gramme on Monday will coinci- ring rainfall recharges gro- ast a dozen buffaloes have fal- Iyakkam audit found. The dumpyard is used by the Chitlapakkam town panchayat tion filed by the Chitlapak- de with the birthday of the undwater in the area. len into the pit and died when A dumpyard spread over 2 kam Rising Trust almost a ye- greets Vice-Prez institute’s founder and eminent When citizen group volut- they went grazing near the acres on the northern end of ge act as a barrier preventing The illegal flow of sewage ar ago is yet to reach a conclu- scientist M S Swaminathan, a neers of the Arappor Iyak- inlet.” The public works de- the lake has been encroa- entry into the lake. The dum- has polluted groundwater, sion in the high court. Prince of Arcot, Nawab Mo- release said. Karnataka’s kam conducted an audit of partment had asked the local ching the lake bed for several pyard has forced authorities complained residents. The trust had demanded hammed Abdul Ali, wished the agricultural minister Krishna the lake, they found that it is body to close down the pit, years. The dumpyard is used of a government school next Resident of Periyar Na- local and state authorities re- newly-elected 13th vice presi- Byre Gowda will inaugurate the the local administration which is yet to happen. by the Chitlapakkam town door to keep their backdoor gar, Narayanan said, “All the move encroachments and dent of India, M Venkaiah event and Maria Andrade, which is responsible for the According to government panchayat. Mounds of garba- shut at all times. water you see in the lake is on- restore the lake. Naidu in a congratulatory winner of the world food prize message. In his statement, Ali for 2016, will serve as chief said, “...with your rich experi- guest. ence in dealing with men and matters, the nation will pro- NGO conducts awareness Residents demand stops for gress and develop in many campaign: NGO Thozhan Met predicts more rain aspects,” before wishing Naidu conducted an awareness a “successful tenure” in office. campaign on the subject express trains at Tiruvallur Ali expressed hope that Naidu ‘Golden hour response and would uphold and protect the Good Samaritan Law’ in the city for Monday afternoon Chennai: The demand to allot vallur. Railways feel that the nearly 60 pairs of express tra- basic fabric of the Constitution on Sunday. K Periaiah, addition- stops for express trains at Tiru- stop will slow down trains out ins pass through Tiruvallur and, in particular, promote al commissioner of police- communal harmony and traffic and I Easwaran, deputy TIMES NEWS NETWORK B A Raju vallur has strengthened with of Central. Now, local party le- but only 10 have stops. “We are local political parties joining aders have stepped in to push requesting an additional 10 tra- national unity. commissioner of police- traffic Chennai: The city temperature hands with residents and com- for stops at the district headqu- ins stoppage to fulfil the need of served as chief guests. fell by 10° on Sunday afternoon muter associations. RTI re- arters. During DMK MP A residents. At Chengalpattu, all MSSRF to hold internation- thanks to the cloud cover that sponses show that the station Krishnasamy’s tenure, railwa- special trains are stopping. All al conference: The MS Clarification: In the report was immediately followed by generates the required reve- ys alloted stoppage for three special trains stoppage is to be Swaminathan Research Foun- ‘Two south-bound trains to showers lasting about 20 minu- nue to qualify for allotting trains after which stops ha- considered at Tiruvallur. This dation will host an international originate from Tambaram’ tes. Only central and some nort- stops for long distance trains. ven’t been alotted for any train will not only reduce crowd at conference on the topic ‘Farm- published on August 6, 2017, hern parts of the city recorded Residents said railways was fo- though the station’s revenue Chennai Central but also in- ing system for nutrition’ be- the headline should have rainfall, while southern parts cusing on the southern line has touched `12 crore per year. crease revenue to the railwa- tween August 7 and August 9 at indicated that the trains are including Adyar and Kodam- and had been ignoring Tiru- K Baskar, a resident, said ys.” TNN the institute’s campus in Guwahati and Dibrugarh- bakkam remained dry. For Taramani. The inaugural pro- bound. Monday, the meteorological centre predicted that rain or thundershowers could occur in the afternoon or evening. Loyola prof devises ‘innovative’ test for English Around 2pm on Sunday, the temperature dropped from 36° TOI comic strips to assess the chief very easy for children to learn others rather than reading Celsius to 26° due to the sudden Vinayashree.J skills of English and its sub- certain answers or memorise text content and filling in downpour. By evening, the tem- @timesgroup.com skills. The research was carri- passages. This is not possible grammar workbooks, Mary perature rose, reaching 30° Cel- ed out D.Christina Sagaya Ma- when it comes to employing said. The focus is on testing sius at 6.30pm. The rainfall was Chennai: Shifting away from ry, assistant professor of Eng- creative methods. The pen and students on their narrating caused by a trough of low at sea the standardized paper and lish, under the supervision of paper style certainly has its technique, dialoguing, cohe- level which extended from SUDDEN SHOWERS pen testing, a faculty member K.S Antonysamy, associate benefits but we feel these addi- rence and vocabulary and the north coastal Andhra to the so- of Loyola College has come up professor of English. Mary tional methods of testing sho- concept of continuity.“The sy- uthern tip of the peninsula. rain. This month, Nungambak- was 36.6° Celsius and 26.7° Celsi- with ‘innovative testing met- has also obtained a patent uld be incorporated as part of stem of learning needs to be Since June, Nungambak- kam has recorded nearly 8cm us. As per the met forecast, the hods’ of English language MOVING AWAY FROM PAPER- number for the methodology. the testing process,” she said. decentralised. It is very indivi- kam has recorded nearly 23cm rainfall in the first week while city is likely to witness a maxi- skills for students. PENCIL TESTS “While the core skills of lis- Often understanding does dualistic and eliminates rote rainfall (30% above normal), Meenambakkam recorded only mum and minimum tempera- This method, having been tening, speaking, reading and not take place unless students learning. Here the learner be- while Meenambakkam recor- 2.4cm. The maximum and mini- ture of 37 degrees Celsius and 27 successfully implemented in Loyola College, employs docu- writing are tested through the are placed in a situation where comes the centre of the testing ded 31cm (88% above normal) mum temperature on Sunday degrees Celsius.