The rains of 2021 November and the new rivers of Thiruvanmyur beach

November 2021

Thiruvanmyur

15th November 2021

After the first serious bout of rain, this plot at the corner of Baywatch boulevard and KK road  was semi-flooded and they were pumping the water all the way to the sea.

 

 

 And this was the other road along which a channel was created.  Reminding me of my grandmother's home, and the water canals that would course through the farm areas.

Definite paper boat kind of feelings.

28th November - the sun comes out, the sea was calmer and the cattle were happy with some dry spot!

November 29th.

New Beach Road is lined with RWH pits connected by a sloping pipe through which excess water goes to the sea, via this outlet.  

This plot at the corner of Baywatch boulevard and KK road is completely inundated - it is a sheet of water along with the road next to it. 

My hypothesis is that this now is the level of the water table.  The owners of the plot on the other hand, think they can pump away this water.  Which is what they are doing.  Water is getting pumped to the sea in huge pipes.  Can't the empty plots at least be allowed to keep their water, and support the monsoon ecosystem of frog and tadpole?  Will mosquitoes breed then?

I saw  tadpoles in a couple of waterfilled plots and have been hearing the sound of frogs, maybe for the first time ever, on NBR?

Water in SloMO From the beach

 Clean Up!

It was a timely and quick way to remove the plastic thrown back by the sea from the sands for sure.  The only problem with this is that it also affects the intertidal marine life doesn't it?  All those little crabs and clams - all collateral damage?

Several such mounds from the earthmover lined the road.
I hope that this kind of cleaning is a one-off event as otherwise the sands will get "dead".

As I watched the floodwaters join the sea, I ruminated on how, we are spending huge monies on desalinating the  ocean's waters on the one hand for our consumption, and then the fresh water that comes to us free, we are once again spending money and pumping back into the sea.

Surely there is a better way?