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New synthetic tennis court that is to come-up in Anna Stadium.

Two years back there was a discussion in the NDTV Message Central on “Which is the cleanest beach in India ?”, one message board user from Edinburgh had replied in the forum that Silver Beach in Cuddalore as a clean beach in India. Silver Beach used to be a clean beach, but in the recent months it is getting more and more dirtier. Papers and plastic materials thrown out by people visiting beach forms the major portion of the garabage. Now this type of waste is reduced to a greater extend after effective steps taken by the district administration. But they form only a portion of the total lump. Materials used for rituals are left out in beach, after the ritual is over. Nowadays these waste materials are spread across the breadth of the beach.

The scene in the above photograph are more common if one happens to go to the beach in the morning hours. People come, perform the rituals, throw-away/leave behind whatever and wherever they feel like. As District Collector Mr.Gagandeep Singh Bedi pointed out , whatever steps the administration takes to improve the aesthetics and cleanliness of the town, if people do not cooperate, none of the programme can be successful.

“Manjakuppam mani koondu ! ”
This is the welcome call we hear from the bus conductors once we touch the boundary of Cuddalore from Pondy.

But the clock tower itself is not working for the past two months and one of the clocks is removed a month back.

Lets wait and see when the clock tower will comeback alive.

Gedilam bank to be raised

Cuddalore: The right bank of the Gedilam will be raised to serve a double purpose: as a protective wall from the recurrent floods as well as an alternative route to decongest the town.
A statement from District Collector Gagandeep Singh Bedi said that at many places the right bank was far below the maximum flood level, thus quite often causing flood havoc. The Gedilam originating from the Kaattu Idayar hillock in Ulundurpet block is draining in the Bay of Bengal after traversing 121 km.
Since Cuddalore happened to be at the confluence point, it was subjected to floods, whenever the river was in a spate. Therefore, as a remedial measure, it had been decided to raise the level of the right bank from the Khammiampettai bridge to the Jawans’ Bhavan.
The soil for the scheme would be brought from the Karaikadu Agraharam, 12 km from the town. After its completion, the bus services from Panruti, Pondicherry and Salem would be diverted on this bank to reach the Thirupadiripuliyur bus stand.
This measure would ease the traffic congestion in the heart of the town, the statement added.

Rs. 3000 crore plan to develop textile infrastructure

…..The processing parks are proposed to be set up in Cuddalore and Perunthurai at an investment of Rs. 300 crore each. The Perunthurai park will also come up at the SIPCOT industrial complex…..

New strategy to replenish groundwater

Cuddalore: For replenishing the ground water, a new strategy has been adopted in Cuddalore district. Owing to increasing demand, there is over-exploitation of ground water. Therefore, to arrest the trend and to improve the condition, the Agricultural Engineering Department has started adopting the “recharge shaft” technique.
Under the system, 6 to 8 inch diametre and 15 to 30 metre deep bore wells are being dug to recharge the underground soil and the rocky terrain. According to Gagandeep Singh Bedi, District Collector, 30 recharge shafts had been put up in the district by utilising the funds sanctioned under the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana.

This video footage seems to have been shot in a fishing hamlet in Cuddalore District, just hours after tsunami waves struck the coast.

Viewer discretion strongly advised.

A new police outpost is being built in Silver Beach by the Government of Rajasthan.

Restoring the fading forest-News Today

“Isha Foundation, in the past two years, planted 2.5 lakh trees as a pilot project at Six Tsunami affected villages in Cuddalore district. Around 25,000 trees of 65 species were planted along the five-filometre stretch on the seashore, to create a green wall.”

700,000 saplings to be planted in TN in a single day-India Post

“Project Green Hands stands apart from other plantation initiatives due to the expansiveness of the project that will cover 28 districts including Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore and Salem. Isha Foundation aims to encourage school children and people in rural areas to be a part of the project.”