The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has recommended the proposal to construct Muthamizh Arignar Dr. Kalaignar pen monument in the Bay of Bengal, off the Marina beach, for coastal zone clearance with nearly 15 conditions.
The meeting of the 12-member committee took place on April 17. The Public Works Department had proposed the pen monument of 30-metre height and it would be spread over nearly 8,551 square metres. The length of the bridge would be 290 metres over the land and 360 metres over the sea and it would be 7 metres wide.