While #CycloneMontha may have spared Chennai from its fury, ...

While #CycloneMontha may have spared Chennai from its fury, the rough seas and heavy inflow through the Adyar river have unleashed another kind of disaster — tonnes of plastic waste choking the city’s coastline.

From Srinivasapuram and Pattinapakkam to the Marina, beaches are now carpeted with single-use plastics, liquor bottles, broken thermocol, and dense mats of water hyacinth, turning the once-lively stretch into a grim tableau of urban neglect.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2025/Oct/30/sea-of-waste-engulfs-chennai-coastline