East Coast Road Chennai
Once East Coast Road (ECR) was the pride of Chennai but because of encroachments by builders, unauthorised on-street parking and extensive damage due to water pipeline laying work has made it into a deathtrap for pedestrians. In the last three years about 60 pedestrians were killed by speeding vehicles as unauthorised construction have shrunk the [...] Continue Reading »
Lonely senior citizens have become the target of land sharks who enjoy the support of politicians. The senior citizens say Land Mafia have been threatening them to sell their land for building a multi-storeyed commercial-cum-residential complex. A police officer said that land sharks were active since land prices in Besant Nagar had soared to more [...] Continue Reading »
Upcoming luxury housing to turn ECR into playground of the rich. ECR also has scores of upcoming small villa projects. But even they are priced between 1 crore and 2 crore, putting them out of the reach of the middle class. The super rich have always headed down the East Coast Road (ECR) for entertainment [...] Continue Reading »
