Sangeetha Dirties Beach, after Residents Clean-up

6 February, 2010 -- A truckload of food and packaging wastes from Sangeetha restaurant in Sardar Patel Road was found dumped on the banks of the Adyar River less than a week after city youth and residents cleaned up the Besant Nagar beach stretch in an effort led by the Reclaim Our Beaches initiative. According to Urur Kuppam Fisher Panchayat member and ROB volunteer K. Saravanan, the wastes were dumped on 5 February at around 1.30 p.m. by a person who had taken the contract for clearing Sangeetha's garbage. All commercial and residential wastes in the Sardar Patel area are to be cleared by Neel Metal Fanalca which has the contract for clearing and disposing the garbage. The primary responsibility for disposing this garbage belongs to Sangeetha restaurant, according to ROB.