 In 2022, the Government of Tamil Nadu announced a pen memorial in remembrance of former Chief Minister and the stalwart of the Dravidamuneta Karaham M. Karnanadi inside the Bay of Bengal. It was planned to be built 360 meters from the coast in Marina Beach at a cost of rupees 81 crores. On its demise in 2018, the then AIADMK government did not grant permission for the burial in the Marina Beach. NK Stalin, the then opposition leader, had to wage a legal battle for permission from the state government for the burial. Several environmental activists and few political parties opposed the Pen Monument project in the sea. The activists claim an impact on the natural habitat. News click interviewed a section of those objecting to the project. The expert appraisal committee has recommended for the CRRZ clearance for the Pen Monument in memory of Dr. Karnanadi. Enromedisk has been opposing this monument because it will be constructed in the sea. It will be an artificial construction. Because of the artificial construction, there will be huge damage to the environment and other marine biosphere. So that's our concern. For example, when you are considering for the CRRZ notification, necessary there should be an Enromed Impact Assessment. The Enromed Impact Assessment must have the Climate Impact Assessment Study. That study has not been done in the present project. Moreover, the change in the shoreline. That's another important aspect which has to be taken into consideration before giving the CRRZ clearance. Because in the coastal region of Tamil Nadu has been going on various changes in the short term of time for two decades and three decades. And there are many studies which says that in 5 to 10 years or maybe in 30 years, the entire coastal region of the Tamil Nadu will be changed in various scenarios. There is a study from the IIT Madras which says that the sea level change and sea flooding will be a major impact for the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu. So these kind of studies has not been adequately considered while the Enromed Impact Assessment has been done for this project. For example, they have pointed out one study which has been done in the year 2016 which has the data of the previous decades of daycares. So the present data with regard to the shoreline changes in coastal region, especially the sea erosion and sea aggravation has not been considered in the Enromed Impact Assessment. So this Enromed Impact Assessment cannot be termed as a full scientific study. It's an off-baked study. Taking into account of the off-baked study, the CRRZ expert appraisal committee has recommended for the project clearance which is very highly unlikely. And that decision, that the recommended decision must be taken back and the Union of India must consider the other aspects where many of the Enromed Cliffs has raised their flag aggregate flag against this project. So they must consider all these aspects. So on the aspect of an unscientific and off-baked study, clearance cannot be granted for this project. In Kanyakumari district, the Thiruvalluvar and Vivekananda memorial were constructed inside the ocean. When asked about it, Vetri Salvan says that the nature of the Kanyakumari and Chennai seas are extremely different. People are comparing this monument with the Thiruvalluvar statue in the Kanyakumari district. The Thiruvalluvar statue in the Kanyakumari district has been constructed on a natural formation of rocks. That was a rock formation and on the rock formation the statue has been erected. So that's a completely different kind of construction that they have done in the Kanyakumari districts in the Thiruvalluvar statue and as far as the Vivekananda memorial is also concerned. But this project, this memorial, this pen monument is going to be constructed in the sea by erecting a completely artificial construction. There is no natural formation of rock or anything in the Marina beach and they are going to completely construct an artificial manner which is quite dangerous considering the marine biosphere and the ecosystem. And the other aspect is when you are going to construct this kind of new structure when you are going to establish a new building in the coastal region the impact of climate change, the impact of sea erosion on the building has to be ascertained. That kind of ascertained has not been done in the environmental impact assessment. So there is also danger even for the memorial itself when they have not done the adequate study on the climate impact of the statue. So in the next 5 years and next 10 years and next 20 years there will be huge change in our coastal system. That is what the reason the IPCC and other reports says that there will be huge change in the shoreline changes. There may be new sand settlements and there will be more sea erosion in the other part of the Chennai. Considering all this aspect, what will be the impact on the memorial and the new construction because of the shoreline change and the environmental impact that has to be considered. So when you are trying to build out a new building what will be the impact of the marine and biosphere and whether the sea level change, whether the sea flooding or sea erosion or the other climatic extreme events will have an impact on the building and because of the new construction there will be a change in the climatic shoreline change aspect on the coastal region. That has to be considered. That kind of study has not been done so. So that's the EIA is an incomplete management and so we cannot probably rely on the EIA which has to be done for this study. When you look at Kalanjar memorial it is a project that cannot be done according to the law because in 2015 an amendment was brought. The law was brought back. Paragraph was brought by J. Paragraph was brought by Paragraph. It would have been very clear. What it would have been? It would have been important to remember the cost. It should not be sold in the sea. It should not be sold in the sea. It should not be sold in the sea. There is no other way. There is no other way to sell it anywhere. If it is possible to sell it in the sea it has to be completed. Even if it is done like that, it has to be done by the EIA. Before applying for the EIA, the application was recommended in the district level and the state was recommended to the central government and that is when it was possible to give a tariff. The EIA notification that people should be kept is not covered according to the law. If you look at where these people came from they would have said that people should be kept in this law. If you ask the people to be kept and if they do the state government they should be kept in this law. If you think about it like this it is not possible to give a tariff of only 4,000 per month. It should not be covered in any other month. If you look here, C as a 2, C as a 1B, C as a 1A then it will be 4,000 per month. According to the law, it will be minus point. But in that place, it is not possible to sell it in the sea. According to the law, in this month's time, if you look at the matter that was discussed it will be spread from Kuvath to Malagalat and it will be available in the sea. If you look at the sea, it will be available in 3 types of industries. Karei industry, middle industry, upper industry. Karei industry and middle industry will be very important because it will be available in the sea. There is no fish on the other side. The fish that catches more fish will be caught in the sea. If you look at the sea, it will be covered in the sea. It will be covered in stone. In that place, it will catch fish. The important part of it is that it has caught 50 to 60 kg of fish. But it will be very important to catch fish but it has been seen for a day. It has been seen for a day. It has been seen for 2 hours. It has not come for 2 hours. It has not caught any fish. It has not caught any fish from the project from 2 to 5 km. It has not caught any fish. That is what the report says. The entire coastal region will be turned into an ecotourism area. There is a proposal for bringing out many malls and other different kind of entertainment parks in the entire coastal region. If you are going to allow these construction activities, this will be not the final construction. There will be more similar kind of activities and more other kind of buildings will be coming all around the coastal region. It will result in the entire destruction of the coastal region and the deprivation of the livelihood of the fishermen. When you are commercialization, when you are going to commercialize the entire coastal region and when you are going to turn into an eco park and a tourist place, then we will not have an environmental friendly beach. Then the entire marine system and the marine biosphere will be in very great danger. And therefore the livelihood of the fishermen will also be greatly affected. Recently, when the Maras High Court has directed to remove the encroachment in the loop road, many fishermen protested because that is their own land, their own area where they have been deprived of their own rights. They have been living years together in the same area. They have been using that area in a traditional way of community-oriented activities and they were doing all their fishing community practice in the very road. But because of the High Court orders and because of the very fast action by the state government, now they have been deprived of their traditional rights. So this is what happening in the coastal regions. When you although this kind of environmental kind of construction activities coming into process, then there will be great violation on the livelihood of the fishermen. They will be completely drained out of their own coastal area. That's the major another problem we are seeking. So commercial interest behind the construction of the environment is one or another thing we have to consider. On one side, many statues are being erected in different parts of the country. The ruling class succeeded on many instances despite outcry against significant projects from the various sections of the population. On the contrary, there are issues of coastal erosion and other climate change scenarios. Apart from the human life and livelihood, the lack of consideration of the prevailing ecosystem reminds a question.