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.
