Thick foam covers Pattinapakkam seashore after heavy rain batters metropolis

As heavy rains abated and water stream in rivers elevated, thick white foam coated the seashore off Pattinapakkam on Wednesday.

Fishermen attributed it to a change within the route of the wind and the currents.

“Usually we get the froth when the wind modifications. Churning too occurs within the sea. However it’s but to achieve our space,” stated Karunakaran, a fisherman of Urur Kuppam, which is to the south of Pattinapakkam.

Fishing neighborhood chief Ok. Bharathi stated that although foaming was a phenomenon discovered often this time of the 12 months, the explanations given by authorities our bodies that this might outcome as a result of excessive contents of cleaning soap residue within the sludge washed out from the Adyar River just isn’t acceptable.

“People truly bathe and wash garments in rivers in different places however we don’t see foaming as a result of cleaning soap residue in these estuaries. This foaming appears to be the results of industries emptying their chemical wastes into the rivers. Stern motion have to be taken on such items,” he stated.

Another neighborhood chief Kabaddi Maran, stated that estuaries have been locations the place fish laid eggs and younger fish keep secure. This exercise occurs through the monsoon when fishing is decreased. If such foam retains coming, fish won’t really feel that this estuary is secure and it’ll in the end result in lack of livelihood to fishermen.