Articles by C G Salamander

C G Salamander is a writer, comic journalist and editor who's been published in India and abroad. He has worked as a commissioning editor, has managed projects for educational publishers, and currently splits his time between Chennai and the Netherlands.

Community efforts to save Pulicat lake provide hope in the face of megaport threat

by February 5, 2021

Meerasa’s story is one of displacement. The son of a boat maker and a resident of Dhonirevu (Karimanal island), one of many villages around the Pulicat lake, Meerasa and his parents were evicted from their home in 1985 during ISRO’s Sriharikota expansion. Meerasa now lives in Jameelabad and has worked in conservation since he graduated from school. But with industrial expansion around Pulicat lake threatening the land and the mangrove forests that surround them, Meerasa fears that history might be repeating itself. About 50 km north of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is Pulicat lake, the second largest brackish water ecosystem in…

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