Chennai's sponge park (image by ChennaiCorporation)
How Chennai’s ‘Sponge Parks’ Are Quietly Rewriting the City’s Monsoon Story
The Tamil Nadu government committed Rs 88 crore to building 50 new sponge parks in North Chennai. These additions come on the heels of an earlier batch of 57 sponge parks that were tested under fire—during the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung in early 2023.
