Coimbatore, June 22: With groundwater level touching its nadir and interconnecting canals choking with garbage and mud, some industrialists and corporates have taken initiative to desilt, deepen and renovate few tanks for recharging water, to give a fresh lease of life to this water-scarce region.
The people, from diverse fields, have formed a trust named `Sirutuli` (little drop), to revive eight tanks, coming under Chithiraichavadi canal, a tributary of Noyyal River, considered to be the lifeline of the region.
In the first phase, the trust has taken up three tanks for desilting and renovating and works had already been started a fortnight ago, at an estimated cost of Rs 60 lakh, Sirutuli managing trustee, Vanitha Mohan said.
To make the proverb `little drops make a mighty ocean` true, the trust was taking all out efforts to see the tanks brim with water, for the benefit of both urban and rural people, and also to recharge groundwater level, she said.
A review of the scheme, launched in April by Kanchi Seer Sri Jayendra Saraswati, was held here on Friday last under the chairmanship of district collector N Muruganandam and attended by officials from different departments, where an action plan on Noyyal system was submitted.
Stating that 30 per cent of cleaning works in Krishnampathy tank had already been completed, Vanitha said that Rs 50,000 were being spent for equipment, like earthmovers and diesel alone per day.
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