BESANT NAGAR IN CHENNAI WAS ONCE A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE
Posted on: 17/Sep/2010 1:29:16 AM
Besant Nagar , located near Elliots beach in Chennai was once a beautiful landscape. There are now several eye sore sights in Besant Nagar of which the bus terminus is the biggest eyesore. There is an elyptical island near the bus terminus , which was once created as a beauty spot. Now, it is dry and in bad condition and one would not know as to who is responsible for maintaining it. Probably, no one. In the bus terminus, it is disgusting to see the drunken men lying unconscious at several places at any time during the day, with the liquor shop located so near the bus terminus. This is an embarrassment for the commuters frequenting the bus terminus, since the drunkards are often found to be lying in awkward positions and sometimes in semi naked conditions. What is even more distressing is that some times drunken women are also seen lying in the bus terminus in unconscious conditions.
Women and children find it increasingly unsafe to go alone in this area with drunken men crowding everywhere, particularly during the evening hours. Many times the bus terminus suffers from very poor lighting.
Apart from this condition, the nauseating smell due to urination around the bus terminus adds to the unhygienic and disturbing conditions.
Many streets in Besant Nagar are now full of garbage, which are not being cleaned regularly. There is a fourth cross street where at regular intervals sewage overflow occur, affecting the people living in the street and Kakkan colony who are forced to step on to the sewage water to cross the area.
The story will not be complete without mentioning the very frequent sewage overflow opposite to Velankanni church on the main road.
The beach which was once beautiful and on which several lakhs of rupees have been spent by Chennai corporation for the so called beautification project, remains as a ready example to show as to how not to maintain a natural beach The stray dogs sharing the space with the men and the hawkers everywhere and the fish stall emanating nauseating smell in one corner, make the beach as yet another ugly spot in Besant Nagar.
While the people who urinate in public with absolute indifference , those who throw the garbage everywhere and drunkards swarming the area are certainly responsible for the deplorable conditions to a large extent , one would ask as to where is the civic administration ?
Finally, with the cremation ground in Besant Nagar with the dark smoke from the chimney polluting the atmosphere, the picture in Besant Nagar is complete as one of neglect and lack of concern for healthy conditions.
