The Hindu         24.10.2014 

Local body takes up cleaning of pond

The Kannur municipality on Thursday launched the cleaning of Chettiyarkulam, a pond spread over 70 cents of land at Thunoli area in the Parakkandy ward, as part of its mass cleaning campaign.

The local residents’ association had recently taken steps to renovate the pond that has been remaining abandoned for decades.

Municipal vice-chairman T.O. Mohanan inaugurated the cleaning work. Municipal workers joined the cleaning held in collaboration with the pond protection committee and the Thunoli Neighbourhood Residents’ Association. Nearly 50 residents took part in the cleaning work.

Once a spot frequented by local people for bathing and learning swimming, the pond had been left in a state of disuse and was treated as a garbage dump. The pond protection committee office-bearers said that they had plans to start swimming classes in the pond.