Joss Brooks from the Pichandikulam Forest Consultants of Auroville

The Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL), the implementing agency, is working on a communication plan to let the public know about the vision for the Adyar Creek. It is co-ordinating the Adyar Poonga Trust the Government has set up to execute the project. The Adyar Poonga is proposed next to the Ambedkar Memorial off Greenways Road.

"The project should become a model of how Chennai sees its water, of how it can be cleaned up over the next decade," says Joss Brooks from the Pichandikulam Forest Consultants of Auroville, who has been commissioned for the project. "The scene only looks idyllic. The water here is terribly polluted." A master plan is being prepared for restoring the Adyar Creek. The dilapidated building in the fenced area adjacent to the Ambedkar Memorial now houses unfinished signboards. A. Srivathsan and J. Malarvizhi The Hindu Friday, Mar 30, 2007