Chennai first ever "Future Street" in Gandhi Nagar in Adyar soon 400 words
Posted on: 09/Jun/2018 10:08:29 AM
People living in Adyar in Chennai must feel happy and proud now. The news that has emerged now is Gandhi Nagar in Adyar would have the Chennai first ever Future Street and that is fabulous.
The future streets are those that are friendly to cyclists, pedestrians and differently able people and it is now said that Gandhi Nagar might set an example for many other future streets in Chennai.
The sensational piece of news is Adyar neighbourhood has bagged Rs 1.6crores grant from a Germany based NGO so that street design improvement would be carried out. This would be executed by the Chennai city corporation.
Development of 1.2 km interior roads in Gandhi Nagar, Adyar and improving the last mile connectivity with the Kasturba Nagar as well as Kotturpuram MRTS railway stations would be the major objectives of this pilot project.
According to a corporation official, the pedestrian usage of these roads would be increased by 20 percent in the next 2 years. This upcoming project would be completed in a time period of 18 months. It must be noted that Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative or TUMI is an agency that is funded by Germany’s ministry for economic development and co-operation. This proposal to develop future streets in Adyar was one of the 10 proposals selected for the grant by this TUMI. Both special projects department as well as C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group were responsible for preparing the proposal. On Friday, 8th June 2018, the corporation of Chennai revealed the above mentioned proposal. On behalf of the civic body, corporation regional deputy commissioner (North) S. Divyadarshini travelled to Leipzig to receive the grant plus citation.
An official spoke about how the proposal won the grant from TUMI, Germany as it allows replication. Further scaling up the proposal to cover large neighbourhoods in the future is possible. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 2.66 crores and the grant covers as much as 60 % of the estimated cost. GCC funds would be used for the rest of the cost for this project.
Being home to many educational institutions, Gandhi Nagar in Adyar has been chosen for the pilot project. This was later confirmed by Mr. Daniel Robinson of C40 Cities. The presence of 6 schools and 5 colleges plus a school for differently able kids in this area were just enough for Gandhi Nagar to be chosen now. This project would provide very safe walking environment for as many as 14000 students studying in these schools and colleges.
The popular Vandalur zoo gets more visitors but lack of maintenance is worrying now 400 words
Ever since it was opened for the public in the year 1985, Vandalur zoo or Arignar Anna Zoological Park has been attracting many people. This vandalur zoo is situated over a massive area of 602 hectares is known.
These days more people are visiting this amazing zoo with their families and by that the cash inflow has increased hugely. The sad piece of news is the lack of maintenance of this Vandalur zoo.
The butterfly enclosure in this zoo has been attracting many visitors is well known. This has now become a sore to the eyes and there is nothing colourful here. This had disappointed many visitors who bring their kids. This butterfly enclolosure was built at a cost of 6 million in the shape of a caterpillar and is present over an area of 2.5 hectarres. Many people coming here were shocked to see the overheated enclosure with deserted look as the plants present in this enclosure have gone dry and dull.
A senior official belonging to this Vandalur zoo spoke about how the acrylic roof sheet present above might be responsible for the heat and how it could be replaced to improve the conditions. He then hinted that the officials concerned have been informed about the situation. Lack of proper maintenance of otter enclosure is also another cause of concern as the fresh water mammals survive in the non-cleaned algae ridden water.
A veterinarian expressed his thoughts and concern regarding the otter enclosure maintenance and spoke about how poor maintenance would affect the otter’s skin plus their health. A wildlife biologist spoke about how the otters were weaned away from their mother when they were young and he later spoke about how the officials should have ensured circulation of clean water in their enclosure.
A source belonging to the zoo spoke about how there were 2 enclosures available for the otters and how during the cleaning of the primary enclosures the mammals would be shifted to the secondary enclosure. He highlighted that the water leak in the secondary enclosure was not repaired and cleaning was not possible.
It is really sensational that in this year 2018 in the months of April and May the zoo had as many as 4.72 lakh visitors and an amount of Rs 2.89 cores were generated. In the last year 2017, 3.86 lakh people came to this zoo in the same time period and amount of Rs 2.53 crores were generated.
For stronger and healthier nails in us include these important foods 350 words
Covering our fingers and toes, nails are horn like envelope that makes our fingers look nice. Our nails could reflect our inner health so proper care must be given to our nails so that they are strong and good. While we take care of our body greatly we often neglect our nails. Many people have discoloured, unhealthy chipped nails in them. These persons must include certain important foods in their diet so that they have stronger nails in them. Vitamin B plus calcium are very essential for strong nails.
The foods that play a huge role in making our nails strong and healthy are
Intake of fruits- It is said that consumption of fruits is very important for having stronger nails in us. The fruits are rich in many vitamins and these vitamins play superb part in making our nails stronger. Fruits like apricots, kiwi and bananas could be consumed as they are rich in vitamins A, C, B6 respectively. Other fruits like grapes, blackberries are also superb.
Consumption of grains- Grains such as wheat and barley are highly important for stronger nails as they have vitamin B complex biotin plus protein etc. Oats, brown rice plus rye and buckwheat are also other grains that are rich in vitamin A and B and are good for nails strength.
Intake of eggs- This is an important food and must be added to our diet so that our finger nails become healthy and stronger. Vitamin D is provided by the egg plus biotin is presentnt in the yolk and this biotin restores brittle nails.
Vegetables intake- Loaded with many minerals plus vitamins, vegetables plays important role in making our nails stronger. Vitamin A rich vegetables like sweet potato, carrots and green leafy vegetables must be consumed by us. Spinach is rich in antioxidants, calcium, iron etc.
Consumption of oats- Not many know that oats are superb for our finger nails and they promote healthy finger nail growth. The presence of copper, zinc, manganese and vitamin B in oats are fabulous and these play huge role in stronger nails and finger nail growth.
By these foods the human growth hormone in us could be increased 250 words
Responsible for growth, cell reproduction plus cell regeneration in humans, the growth hormone GH or human growth hormone HGH which is a peptide hormone is very important. The other name for this growth hormone is ‘Somatotropin’ and it is a stress hormone. Produced by pituitary gland, this GH or HGH regulates body composition, body fluids, muscle and bone growth etc in us.
The level of this GH or HGH must be maintained and there are certain foods that could help to increase this human growth hormone or GH or HGH.
Raspberries intake - This is one of the important foods that must be consumed so that HGH in us is increased. The vitamin and melatonin in this raspberry does magnificently in boosting HGH levels in us. It is really amazing to note that by the intake of melatonin the HGH in us raises to 157 %.
Consume salmon sashimi - This salmon fish is rich source of vitamin D is well known. It is highly beneficial for the hormones. The hormones are kept at optimum levels by this salmon fish intake.
Pineapples are good - Apart from giving many health benefits to us, the pineapples also helps to boost HGH levels in us. This pineapple is a superb source of serotonin that could produce sleep. It is said that HGH as well as testosterone are influenced by this.
Coconut oil - This coconut oil is tremendous in boosting HGH in us. Both pre and post work out shakes could have this coconut oil mixed in them (one gram per kg of body weight).
