FW: Important news/story from chinny from The New Indian Express, Aug 12, 2005

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CHENNAI August 12, 2005

 

 

 

From a garbage dump to an exotic park[NL]Friday August 12 2005 10:27 IST

[PARA]CHENNAI: Once a venue for dog slaughter, then a garbage dump, and now

an exquisite expanse of lush greenery - this is the story of a stretch of

Chennai Corporation-owned land at Basin Elephant Gate Road near

Pulianthope.[NL][NL]The 55,000 square feet area of corporation land here has

undergone a sea change from what it was a few decades ago. Residents of

Pulianthope recall the days when the land was used by the city corporation

for slaying stray dogs, earning itself the name Naai Adichan

Pettai.[NL][NL]Later, when the corporation switched over to the

sterilisation of stray dogs, the land was converted into a garbage transfer

ground, from where garbage was taken to the Kodungaiyur dumping ground.

[NL][NL]Soon, the garbage transfer ground was relocated to a spot 500 metres

away rendering Nai Adichan Pettai vacant.[NL][NL]Thanks to the slum-dwellers

of Sundarapuram and Gandhinagar across the road from this stretch of land,

it became an open toilet too. But now, there is not a single trace

whatsoever of any of its former usages. [NL][NL]About six months ago, the

Chennai Corporation built a wall around the land, and commenced planting

Korean grass and around 30-40 trees there. With Rs 24 lakh spent on it by

the corporation, there has been a total transformation of the land.[NL][NL]A

fountain, a walker's pathway and greenery add appeal to the garden, which

will be open to the public in a few days.

 

 

 

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