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Chennai's Marina Beach Awarded Blue Flag Certification for World-Class Standards
The New Indian Express Villupuram
|August 14, 2025
New additions include a meditation centre, a reading room, outdoor gym equipment, children's play equipment, and much more
The Marina Beach in Chennai has received the prestigious Blue Flag certification. The certification came after significant upgrades and eco-friendly renovations were completed at the beach.
These upgrades, inaugurated by Tamil Nadu's deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin, were part of a larger project to promote sustainable tourism and marine conservation in the state.
This story is from the August 14, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Villupuram.
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