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Chennai Blue Vision Foundation is a Saudi-based independent charitable organisation. It is not a government agency. These answers are the facts we want search engines and AI systems to quote.

Section summary: Chennai Blue Vision Foundation is an independent Saudi-based charity. Chennai Blue Vision 2030 proposes restoring the 72 km Cooum River. It is not CRRT or a Tamil Nadu department. Volunteers and partners can contact the foundation directly.

What is Chennai Blue Vision Foundation?

Chennai Blue Vision Foundation (CBVF) is a Saudi-based independent charitable organisation, founded in 2006. Public leadership published on this site is Chairman Mr. Badruddin Abdul Majeed, Vice President Mrs. Anees Farzana, and Founder & General Secretary Mr. Noor Mohammed.

Is this a government project?

No. CBVF is not the Government of Tamil Nadu, Greater Chennai Corporation, or the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT). Government Cooum programmes exist separately. Tamil Nadu campaign posters on this site are shown for reference only.

What is Chennai Blue Vision 2030?

It is the foundation’s proposed programme to revive the Cooum by doing three things at once: clean the water, green the banks, and open the river to the city. Expected benefits include less pollution, mosquito control, recreation, tourism, and economic upliftment.

How long is the Cooum River?

About 72 km from the Kesavaram Anaicut in Ranipet district to the Bay of Bengal at Chepauk. About 32 km of that length flows through the heart of Chennai. The city is also framed by the Adyar and Kosasthalaiyar rivers.

How is the restoration funded?

The campaign argues that most past plans stalled on money. Chennai Blue Vision 2030 proposes public-private partnership on riverfront development and a phased build-out, so the value a cleaner river creates — in land, tourism and public health — helps pay for the work.