Coimbatore, often called the Manchester of South India, is paying a heavy price for it's rapid industrialisation. Industrial effluents are choking the water bodies in the area.
Water has even turned saline in many pockets and what is making the situation worse is that the Pollution control board is just a silent spectator.
Water resources in Coimbatore are coming under increasing threat and only a few days back residents in Poosaripalayam area, in the heart of the city, were shocked to find a foamy substance layer itself all around.
Excessive discharge of detergent mixed with sewage is believed to have triggered this off. But the pollution control board is yet to get its act together.
And it was an NGO, which finally had to step in and bring some relief to the people.
"What we did is we found it not a problematic issue. So we just opened the gutters and the water freely flowed. The panic is over," said M Ramakrishnan, Project Coordinator, Siruthuli.
Details from NDTV
Thursday, July 06, 2006
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