Tell about Chennai and their Beaches ?

There are two swimming pools along the stretch—the Marina swimming pool and the Anna swimming pool. The Marina swimming pool was built in 1947 and is located on a 1.5-acre compound opposite the Presidency College.

The pool is 100 m long and 34 m wide, bigger than the standard Olympic pool size of 50 m × 25 m and is 3 to 5.5 feet (0.91 to 1.68 m) deep. The shallow end is 3.5 feet deep. It is maintained by Corporation of Chennai. It underwent renovation in 1994 and 2004

16th Century Fort St George was built by East India Company, the architect was Francis Day. It is the First English Fortress in India.

Ø The Sea was little closer to the Fort resulting in the sand accretion to the south of the coast, It affects the ramparts(Defensive wall) of the coast.

The Anna swimming pool is located opposite the clock tower building of the University of Madras and virtually remains hidden behind the Anna Square bus terminus. The pool is said to be the first Olympic size pool to be built in Tamil Nadu. It was constructed in 1976 with a diving board

The oval-shaped skating arena at the beach has an outer railing and standing area for people to watch from

As part of the 'Chennai Forever' initiative by the Tamil Nadu government, a 34-foot (10 m) tall, artificial waterfall was installed in September 2005 at a cost of ₹ 1.5 million

Ø Madras Harbour was built in 1881. Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff the governor of madras from 1881 to 1886 and built the promenade in 1884.

A visitor centre near the Cooum River mouth on the Marina, similar to the Marina Barrage Visitor Centre in Singapore and San Antonio Visitor Center in the United States, has been planned as part of an initiative to create awareness of the need for clean waterways

In 2008, two floating fountains with spray height of 100 feet with colour lights for night view were planned to be installed in sea waters off the beach

Chennai was formerly a fishing village called by the name of Madraspatnam. Later, the East India Company made Fort St. George, the first big English settlement in India. Thus, Chennai became the first British settlement on desi shores.

In 2010, the Chennai Corporation procured new cleaning equipments to clean the beach at a cost of ₹ 8.011 million. These included a sand-cleaning machine capable of cleaning 15,000 m2 area in an hour procured at a cost of ₹ 3.267 million, three skid steer loaders to clean narrow lanes commissioned at a cost of ₹ 2.652 million, imported lawn mower, ride-on mechanical sweeper, tree pruner and hedge trimmer.

The oldest municipal corporation in India that is still active is Chennai. It was inaugurated in the year 1688.

An automatic ticket-vending machine at a cost of ₹ 170,000 was also commissioned at the Marina swimming pool for managing the crowd. The corporation also planned to construct two more public conveniences at the beach.

The Madras High Court building is the second biggest judicial structure in world. The number one slot is occupied by the building in London.

As of 2013, the 3.1-km stretch of the beach from the Triumph of Labour statue to the lighthouse has 31 high-mast lamps

The Madras University introduced Bachelor’s degree course in Music in the year 1930 for the first time in India.

According to police statistics, about 5,000 people use the 2-km-long Loop Road daily for their morning walk

Royapuram railway station is located in the Royapuram area of Chennai. It began operations in the year 1856, and is now the oldest railway station still functional in India.

Chennai has the biggest artificial sea port in India and the biggest port in Bay of Bengal region.

Being the city's primary area for recreation, the entire stretch features numerous statues and monuments that have come up over the years along the beach promenade, called Kamaraj Salai

The oldest cricketstadium in India is located in Chennai known as Chepauk M.A. Chidambaram staium.

The oldest shopping in India was built during the British rule in 1863. It is Spencer Plaza in Anna Salai.

While the beach stretches along the eastern side of the road, the western side is dotted with various governmental institutions and historic and stately buildings from the British rule all along its length. Victory War Memorial, a memorial for the warriors who lost their lives in the World Wars, marks the northern end of the beach. Memorials for C. N. Annadurai, M. G. Ramachandran, J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi, former Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, are present on the northern end of the promenade known as the Anna Square.

As of May 2018, a Lilliputian Children’s Traffic Park was under construction near the Anna Memorial adjacent to the Anna Swimming Pool at a cost of ₹20.7 million. The traffic park measures 4,140 square meters, with facilities such as a viewing gallery, walking track, children's play area, traffic sign boards, and a riding track