Various fishermen’s associations have raised concerns over the construction of a pen-shaped memorial for the former CHief Minister M. Karunanidhi in the sea off the Marina coast. They say the structure will only become an obstruction to the movement of water and the sand and lead to closing of bar mouth of the Cooum.
K. Bharathi, South Indian Fishermen Welfare Association, said that fishermen of Ayodhyakuppam, Mathankuppam and other nearby villages still cast their nets in the Cooum at night to catch fish. “Since it is an estuary, it is where fish from the sea enter to breed. Even now the estuary gets blocked and has to be regularly desilted. If the structure comes up, the block will be even larger and put an end to the livelihood of our men,” he said.
