‘En Chennai Young Chennai’ is all set to step into the second year as the city gears up to celebrate Madras Day on 22 August.
Chennai is becoming young with every passing year because of the modernisation and charm. ‘En Chennai Young Chennai’ is an initiative to celebrate people who work hard selflessly to ensure that the city life is a pleasant and memorable one.
When it comes to ‘Madras Day’, it is alway common to think about the city’s heritage, talk about its history, deliver lectures and carry out heritage walks.
As far as ‘The Idea Factory’ and ‘Earth and Air’ organisations are concerned, Madras Day is more than its history and heritage.
A young Chennai can only be created with the teaming up of friendly people who work for the betterment of the society. This is the main theme of ‘En Chennai Young Chennai’ which was started in 2021.
It is important to celebrate the memorials and beauty of Chennai. But ‘En Chennai Young Chennai’ gives preference to celebrate the people of Chennai. This is the idea behind the ‘En Chennai Young Chennai’ festival which brings together like-minded people who love the city.
Last year we introduced the anthem ‘Vantharai Vazhavaikkum Chennai’ which speaks about the pride of the city. Apart from this, the creative and inspiring youth of the city were also honoured with awards. The awards were given to the youngsters based on the categories – For Chennai, By Chennai and To Chennai.
These awards identified those who showed unity, expressed commitment and fought for the rights of the people, environment, natural disasters, pandemic and overcame unexpected situations in the past ten years to revive Chennai.
This year’s ‘En Chennai Young Chennai’ event commenced on 25 June and will go on till 10 September.
This year’s events are based on human values. ‘En Chennai Young Chennai’ was part of several residential areas. A mega indoor stadium marathon event will be organised on 10 September as part of the celebrations.
School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi launched this year’s programme. The Minister also launched the first people community app ‘ECYC 2.0’.
This app will tender to all the needs of the people in Chennai. Anything and everything about Chennai will be available in this app. Right from blood donation, health related assistance, education support and admitting orphaned senior citizens in old age homes. This app will act as the bridge between those seeking help and those are ready to provide it.
A grand award ceremony was held on 20 August at the Leela Palace as part of the celebrations. In addition to the award for social service, two more categories were added this year.
