Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Art works add colour to Uthandi toll plaza

T. Ramakrishnan

The idea is to sensitise people to the significance of the eco-system along the ECR

STILL LIFE AT TOLL PLAZA: Paintings at the Uthandi toll gate on East Cost Road. — Photo: K.V.Srinivasan

CHENNAI: East Coast Road is not just one of the most scenic corridors in this region of the country. It is also special because of the presence of a unique ecosystem along the road with the flora and fauna, sand dunes, forests, wetlands and lakes.

To highlight this aspect, art works displaying animals and birds have been displayed at the Uthandi toll plaza, which is the entry point for the road for people going from Chennai.

Information boards

A map of the ECR with explanations on several features of the ecosystem will be displayed at Uthandi.

The plan is to put up information boards and many more art works at different points of the road.

Education materials will also be prepared for distribution to the people.

The idea is to sensitise people to the significance of the eco-system along the ECR, says Joss Brooks, Director of Pichandikulam Bio-resource Centre, whose services have been tapped by the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company for this project.

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