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Cooum river restoration in 6 years: Stalin

Thursday, 05 August 2010 06:26 administrator
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The New Indian Express  05.08.2010

Cooum river restoration in 6 years: Stalin

CHENNAI: With the full cooperation of the Corporation, the Public Works Department and the Slum Clearance Board, the polluted Cooum river would be restored in another five to six years, Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin has claimed.

Speaking to reporters after inaugurating two Corporation parks along the river near Langs Garden, Pudupet and Sivananda Salai on Wednesday, Stalin said, “Singapore Cooperation Enterprise, which has been appointed as consultant for the Cooum River Restoration Project, is expected to submit its report in another six months.” Though the Singapore government had spent about 10 years to restore a river that was as polluted as the Cooum, we expect the restoration here could be done in five to six years at a cost of Rs 1,200 crore, Stalin added.

As part of the project, the process of rehabilitation of auto industries located along the Cooum, at a specially allocated place at Appur village near Singaperumal Koil, Kancheepuram, was progressing well, he conveyed.

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 August 2010 06:38
 

Cooum restoration in six years: Stalin

Thursday, 05 August 2010 06:23 administrator
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The Deccan Chronicle 05.08.2010

Cooum restoration in six years: Stalin

Tags: automobile shops, Cooum river bank, shifting to Singaperumal Koil, small scale industries
Aug. 4: About 1,200 automobile spare parts shops and small-scale industries that had encroached the Cooum river bank along Chintadripet and Pudupet in central Chennai will be shifted to Singaperumal Koil in Kancheepuram district under the Cooum River Restoration project, deputy chief minister M. K. Stalin told reporters on Wednesday.

Inaugurating two parks constructed by the city corporation at a cost of Rs 2.21 crore along the bank of Cooum river opposite Chintadripet, he said the Rs 1,200 crore river restoration project will be completed in six years.

The public encroaching the river bank will be shifted and rehabilitated by the government, he added. The state government has already shifted 1,028 families, which were encroaching the Cooum, to residential colonies in Okkiyam Thoraipakkam.

In the next two years, all the encroachments and settlements along the Cooum will be removed and the scientific restoration will be completed in a phased manner on the lines of Singapore river restoration programme. In Singapore, the project took 10 years for completion.

Technical consultants for the projects will soon be finalised. They will be executed by Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust. The trust will comprise government departments, including slum clearance board, Chennai corporation and public works department.

State information minister Parithi Ilamvazuthi, Chennai mayor M Subramanian, Deputy chief minister secretary Dheenabandhu, municipal administration and water supply department secretary Ashok Varadhan Shetty and corporation commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni accompanied Mr Stalin during the inaugural of the parks.

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Cooum to be restored to glory in 6 years

Thursday, 05 August 2010 04:39 administrator
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The Hindu     05.08.2010

Cooum to be restored to glory in 6 years

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Singapore Cooperation Enterprises to present master plan for the project

— Photo: R. Ravindran

Lung space: A view of the park developed on Langs Garden Road, Pudupet, which was inaugurated on Wednesday.

CHENNAI: The Cooum river will be restored to its original glory in six years, Deputy Chief Minister M.K.Stalin said here on Wednesday.

The Singapore Cooperation Enterprises (SCE), an agency of Singaporean government, will present the master plan for the restoration of the river in six months.

Mr. Stalin announced this at the inauguration of two parks developed along Langs Garden Road, Pudupet and Swami Sivananda Salai at a total cost of Rs.2.21 crore. They were developed by the Chennai Corporation as part of the Cooum river restoration project.

The project is being implemented by the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT) at a cost of Rs.1,200 crore. Pointing out that the cleaning up of the Singapore River took a decade, he said the Cooum river restoration would be completed within six years.

Traders of nearly 1,200 shops selling automobile spare parts in Pudupet and Chintadripet have agreed to be shifted to Appur near Singaperumalkoil as part of the project. The resettlement process would begin in three months, he said.

The lands belonging to Public Works Department were handed over to the Corporation for developing parks. Work on the park along the river bank on Dams Road off Anna Salai would be completed soon, he said.

A senior official of the PWD said the beautification project on the 18-km stretch along the Cooum river in the city limits would be completed in three years.

Sources from the CRRT said a team of SCE officials would present an offer letter to the government in a few days. The letter would specify the scope and the estimated cost of the services.

Information Minister Parithi Ellamvazhuthi, Mayor M. Subramanian, PWD Principal Secretary S. Ramasundaram, CRRT Member Secretary K. Phanindra Reddy and Chennai Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni were present at the inauguration of the parks.

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