Project to protect fishing colonies from sea erosion

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, SEPT. 26. With the ruling AIADMK keen on wresting Ripon building from the DMK in the local bodies election, the new Chief Minister, Mr. O. Paneerselvam, appears to have turned his attention to the City's problems.

In the past two days, the water problem and the sea erosion in north Chennai have topped the agenda of the review meetings the Chief Minister had with officials at the Secretariat.

While Mr. Paneerselvam held detailed discussions with officials of the Municipal Administration department on Tuesday, today he focussed on the sea erosion in the Ennore area.

After the three-hour meeting, the Chief Minister said a Rs. 3.12- crore project would be launched for protecting the four fishing colonies in north Chennai from sea erosion. It would be implemented with a subsidy of Rs. 1 crore from the Centre. Besides, a rubble-mound sea wall was being constructed along the Ennore expressway at a cost of Rs. 2.8 crores.

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