Deccan Chronicle 11.08.2009
Sewage still flows into river
Chennai, Aug. 10: While the PWD authorities are facing stiff resistance from the ‘high-rise’ pollutants on one side of the river, the other side is not green either.
“A few months ago, when our team went for demarcation work alo-ng the Srinivasapuram bank of the estuary, a group of locals fiercely resisted our work. They were afraid that we were there to evacuate them,” a PWD official said on condition of anonymity.
He pointed out that residents of Srinivasapuram too had been letting out their sewage into the river and need to be educated on preserving the ecology of the area.
“That effort will be a part of the larger project of restoring over 350 acres of wetland area that is expected to commence soon after the completion of the first phase,” the official added.
