Public consultation on Adyar river restoration abruptly cancelled

Chennai:

A public consultation to restore the Adyar river on Wednesday was abruptly cancelled due to protests over the lack of participation by the people.

As soon as the meeting resumed seeking suggestions from people to support the preparation of master plan for Phase III of the Adyar River Restoration Project, a group of people protested forcing the Chennai River Restoration Trust officials to call off the meeting.

The group lead by Tamil Nadu Theendamai Munnani president S K Siva questioned the representation of the people in the meeting and staged protest outside the hall in the Public Works Department premises.

Official sources told Express that the meeting would be held at a later date. When queried over the lack of participation of PWD officials in the meeting, sources said the meeting was conducted by Chennai River Restoration Trust only.

The meeting comes in the wake of state government announcing to take up Rs 3,833.62-crore project to clean up the Cooum river.