Project to revive Noyyal gets advisory panel of experts

Siruthuli, a public initiative for conservation of water sources, has formed an advisory committee to implement a project for reviving the Noyyal here.

The nine-member committee has experts from non-governmental organisations, the Public Works Department, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and Bharathiar University. They visited Kooduthurai, the origin of the river, on Saturday. They went along its course to study the condition of the river along with Vanita Mohan, managing trustee of Siruthuli.

Ms. Mohan told reporters that the first phase of revival, from Kooduthurai to Singanallur tank in the city (40 km), would be in two stages. The first would be up to Perur. Till this point the river was clean.

Beyond this, effluents and sewage polluted the river. Siruthuli planned to revive the entire 160-km river course up to Noyyal in Erode where it joins the Cauvery. `Noyyalukku Nooru', a fund-raising programme, had helped to mobilise Rs.60 lakh.

Source : The Hindu