<$BlogRSDUrl$>
I am the alpha and the omega
 
June 17, 2004
Carpenters Law
If you have only one nail, it will bend.


The Velachery jheel - Part I
This is a two-part series on the Velachery Marshland.

The Velachery area, originally was just a huge marshland, large tracts of water and massive grasslands; it was an amazing wetland area, was a reservoir for recharging the groundwater of the southern part of the city.
If you noticed that I was using was, the reason is because, it is no longer now. Already encroached upon by an exponentially growing residential-dwellings and denuded more by other development activities, it more resembles a haphazardly planned over-burdened township more than anything else.



The PalliKaranai Marsh, still attracts a lot of
waterfowl. Amazing place, this, but sadly being encroached upon.


When I first moved into Velachery (about 14 years ago), it was like in the picture, lakes and ponds interspersed by muddy grass islands, a perfect wetland habitat. From my house there, I could see kilometers away; it was like living in the middle of nowhere. The entire region was fed by an intricate network of natural canals sourced from the Chitlampakkam lake, shown in the picture below.
It attracted a lot of waterfowl, and was equivalent to even Vedanthangal in its capabilities as a fresh-water habitat. During heavy rains, the entire region was nothing but a humongous shallow lake. Of course, this had its side-effects; Mosquitoes was one example, travelling here during rains was another problem. All those is nothing but the past now.



The Chitlampakkam lake, full of water from the recent rains,
but half covered by water hyacinth


During my years there, the lake was atleast double this size. And was an amazing place. I still remember those happy carefree days (when Chennai aka Madras was a lil' bit cooler too)

To be continued...

Posted by satosphere at 11:46 AM

 

Whats hot
www.flickr.com
This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from satosphere. Make your own badge here.
Interrupt Me
Mail Me
Status on Yahoo Messenger

Friends
WTF Dude
Vidya
Twin Gemini
Suzy Q
SS
Sirpy
Sidharth
Shobha
Saumya
Reiya
Ravages
Rash
Nish
Nirenjan
Netrikkan
Neha
Lazy Geek
Lakshmi
Krithika
Kiruba
K7
Jag
Divya
Blythe Spyryt
Devilish Angel
Anand
Alpha

SlashDot
Google Blog
Sepia Mutiny
Flickr Blog

Indian Bloggers
IITian Community blog


Google Ads


Google Search
Google

Stats



Great Links
Google Search
F.R.I.E.N.D.s
Garfield
Unreal Tournament
Winamp
Digital Blasphemy
Old Home Page

Archives
August 2003
September 2003
October 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
April 2004
May 2004
June 2004
July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
January 2006


Google Ads


Thanx to
Blogger

Credits
Image: Epiphany Stock
Design:
Blogfrocks
Ranking: TTLB Ecosystem
Images @ Photobucket
 
  Image Copyright © Epiphany Stock
Webset Copyright © Blogfrocks
Best viewed in Firefox at 1024 x 768 resolution.
This site is a member of The Indian Bloggers Ring.