Parthiepan has received the Chennai Award for his contribution to Cooum River from the non-profit organization Chennai 2000 Plus Trust at a function held yesterday. ‘By the year 2030, you can enjoy boat rides on the ancient historic Cooum river, I promise you’, said Tamil film actor and film-maker R Parthiban, while receiving the Chennai Award for his contribution to cleaning the Cooum river. He said he had high hopes his Kanavu (dream) would be realised, and he was confident that the scheme would achieve its objectives.
Parthiban said he was sure that the Clean Cooum river project would be successful and that the stink would be a thing of the past, and added that one would find a row of Sri Krishna Sweets shops near the Cooum and people would happily eat the sweets while enjoying the boat rides on the river. Noting that boats once plied on the river and that it used to be a clean and effective waterway, Parthiban said he was also in touch with the authorities of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre like Thiru Daniel Chellappa and the Corporation regarding the proposal.
Parthiban congratulated the Trust for taking up programmes to create awareness about the antiquity of Chennai and its rich culture, fine arts and literature which went back thousands of years.
Thiru Murali, one the trust members, said the effort of Thiru Parthiban was laudable. He added that the efforts of the Chennai 2000 Plus Trust to spread awareness about Chennai’s ancient culture would have his full support.