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Adyar Poonga, Chennai inauguration on Jan 3
Posted on: 06/Dec/2010 12:26:50 AM
Deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday inspected the ongoing bio restoration programme of the Adyar Poonga estimated to cost about `100 crore and informed that the project will be thrown open for public on January 3, by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Adyar Poonga, an eco-park proposed in the Adyar Creek area, is being developed to cover the creek`s entire expanse of 58 acres, next to Ambedkar Memorial off Greenways Road, Adyar, Chennai. The foundation stone was laid by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on August 10. He also laid the foundation stone of an ecological restoration project at the Adyar Poonga site.
Tamil Nadu, which plans to take up ecological restoration of Adyar Estuary in Chennai, formed Adyar Poonga Trust in October 2006. It was entrusted the work of preparing Ecological Restoration Plan for Pitchandikulam Forest Consultants, Auroville, in February 2007. Based on the plan, a world-class ecological park (Adyar Poonga) would be established in Adyar Creek area measuring 58 acres in phase-I.
