90% of eco park work at Raman Thangal Lake completed

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is acceptable to implicit the eco parkland astatine Raman Thangal water successful Sholinganallur, a task taken up nether Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds from the Environmentalist Foundation of India worthy ₹96.12 lakh.

According to GCC officials, 90% of the enactment has been completed. The lake, located on Model School Road Extension, covers 41.7 acres and has a retention capableness of 4,72,500 cubic metres. The installation of a sluice gross for the outlet drain was included successful the project, to guarantee flood mitigation, an authoritative said.

The task involves the removal of h2o hyacinth and terrestrial weed taxon crossed the lake. Green spaces to pull diverseness specified arsenic a butterfly garden, a angiosperm plot and a bamboo plot volition besides beryllium enactment up. It besides includes creating a ‘fruit garden’ connected a tiny portion of onshore successful the water besides called ‘bird island’ wherever birds occasionally perch, authoritative added.

The removal of h2o hyacinth was carried retired arsenic a abstracted enactment successful summation to the archetypal clearing works.

The GCC authoritative stated that the remaining enactment would beryllium completed soon.