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Forum to be launched to protect Adyar Poonga

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Bound by A CAUSE: Students take out a rally creating awareness of environmental protection at Adyar Eco Park on Monday.

CHENNAI: ‘Friends of the Adyar Poonga,’ a forum for preservation of the eco park, is slated to be launched next month.

The Adyar Eco Park is being developed on 58 acres by the Pitchandikulam Forest Consultants. The consultants hope to encourage people from all walks of life to take an interest in it by joining the forum. On Monday, a group of school and college students took out a rally for awareness on the need to protect the ecosystem in the park.

Students of Rajah Muthiah and Rani Meyyammai schools, Nadukuppam Government Higher Secondary School and Stella Maris College participated in the rally. Students of Stella Maris have volunteered to help with the planting of saplings in the park.

They walked along the boundaries of the park. Students of Nadukuppam Government School used folk music to tell people to stop dumping garbage in the park.

J.T. Rex Vaz, coordinator of Pitchandikulam Forest Consultants, said the people living in apartments sometimes dump household waste from their balconies into the park. “We have regular meetings requesting them not to do so,” he said.

To become a friend of the Adyar Poonga, send an e-mail to adyarpoonga.pfc@ gmail.com.

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