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After astir a decade-long conflict by residents and national groups, the Arafath Lake — a large groundwater root for Thirumullaivoyal — is acceptable for restoration astatine a outgo of ₹2 crore, nether a strategy launched connected Wednesday.
Spread implicit 26.40 acres, the water abutting Chennai - Tiruvallur High Road connected the eastbound broadside belongs to the concatenation of waterbodies connected the city’s occidental fringes. Its surplus h2o drains into the Ambattur lake. Like galore municipality waterbodies, Arafath Lake excessively is plagued by assorted issues, including sewage contamination and dumping of coagulated waste.
In a bid to rejuvenate the water into an eco-park connected the lines of Paruthipattu lake, the Avadi Municipal Corporation inaugurated the strategy by drafting funds from assorted sources, including MP and MLA Local Area Development funds, Corporate Environment Responsibility Fund and civic body’s peculiar fund. Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare S.M. Nasar and Tiruvallur MP Sasikanth Senthil laid the instauration chromatic for the project.
Project successful phases
R. Saranya, Commissioner, Avadi Municipal Corporation, said the restoration task would beryllium implemented successful a phased manner. Works similar desilting, bund strengthening and 2.9-km-long promenade would beryllium prioritised successful the archetypal phase. The purpose is to rejuvenate the water arsenic root of groundwater recharge and flood buffer space. Noting that the water faces challenges similar encroachments and sewage discharge from areas yet to beryllium covered by the underground sewerage network, Ms. Saranya said the civic assemblage would guarantee functioning of sewage attraction works adjacent the water and plug amerciable sewage outlets.
“We program to make recreational facilities similar children’s play area, unfastened aerial gyms, yoga centre and room successful the adjacent phases. There are plans to adhd vending portion and viewpoints too,” she added.
Welcoming the initiative, residents of Srinivasapuram said measures indispensable beryllium taken to apprehension sewage pollution. Though groundwater was disposable astatine a extent of 5-10 feet, it was of mediocre quality.
S. Sundaramurthy, president, Puzhal Eri Arafath Eri Pathukappu Makkal Iyakkam, said sewage flowed into the water from areas similar Manikandapuram and Saravana Nagar. Several protests were done successful the past. “The authorities indispensable guarantee that the water is improved without compromising connected its retention capacity. A regulator indispensable beryllium fixed successful the weir adjacent Chozhambedu Main Road to power the flood discharge,” helium said.
