tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002217484413600863.post5720523924333080301..comments2023-12-17T17:04:44.795-08:00Comments on MADRAS VIGNETTES: DOWN THE DRAIN? LETS HOPE NOTKARTHIK A.BHATThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509330387528249286noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002217484413600863.post-77910519527426019592010-11-28T18:01:48.081-08:002010-11-28T18:01:48.081-08:00Dear Sir,
Thank you very much for visiting my blo...Dear Sir,<br /><br />Thank you very much for visiting my blog and reminding me that I did once start a blog!!! Have not blogged in ages and hopefully your comments will get me back in action..<br /><br />Nice to know a fellow Gujarati born and brought up in Madras so passionate about it..<br /><br />One thing is sure..no attempts at cleaning up would bear effort unless the slums throughout the banks of the Cooum are removed..am not quite sure the powers in charge would want to disturb such a powerful vote bank with the elections just round the corner!!!KARTHIK A.BHATThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509330387528249286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002217484413600863.post-44537341757281596262010-11-25T16:10:38.546-08:002010-11-25T16:10:38.546-08:00Dear Mr Bhatt,
As a former Chennai-vasi (and Guja...Dear Mr Bhatt,<br /><br />As a former Chennai-vasi (and Gujarati though I was born and raised in Chennai entirely) it was a serendipitous pleasure to find your blog. As far as the Cooum is concerned, I have been talking to everyone who will listen about a host of new technologies that are available for converting sewage into fuel - there is the very real possibility for actually realizing a profit from the waste, instead of spending money to dispose of it. I wrote to the Dy Cm a long time ago and invited him to visit Texas A and M University when he planned to visit the USA, to see for himself some of the work being done in this area. Unfortunately, his trip was cancelled at the last minute, and the whole plan went nowhere. Hopefully, in the future, someone will take this up and restore our great city and its sad river to a state that it deserves to be in.<br /><br />Incidentally, I recall that even until the early 1970s there was some boating activity on the river. After that, of course, the foul smell put an end to all of this. Best wishes!mehulkamdarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210416730465039593noreply@blogger.com