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The authorities person projected a 1.2-km-long dyke partition (embankment) and surveillance roadworthy on the Eloor-Muppathadam concern agelong of the Periyar arsenic portion of the enactment program to cheque contamination successful the waterbody.
The survey has been completed for astir 730 metres of the onshore identified for the project. The Irrigation Design and Research Board (IDRB) has finalised the plan of the dyke wall, and a elaborate task study volition beryllium prepared aft completion of the survey work, according to a study dated October 13, 2025, filed by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board earlier the Ministry of Jal Shakthi connected the enactment program for the rejuvenation of polluted stream stretches successful the State.
The study pointed retired that the ungraded probe enactment for the operation of the surveillance roadworthy and dyke partition connected the close slope of the river, adjacent to the Eloor-Muppathadam concern area, had been completed. The connection to conception a dyke partition and surveillance roadworthy was portion of the semipermanent initiatives nether the Periyar River Action Plan. The Department of Irrigation is the implementing bureau for the project.
The State Level Monitoring Committee connected Solid Waste Management, appointed by the National Green Tribunal, had recommended mounting up an inspection walkway on the agelong for effectual surveillance against concern contamination successful 2020. It had expressed concerns implicit the imaginable beingness of underground pipes from concern units and amerciable discharge of concern discarded into the river.
Though the task was recommended 5 years ago, its implementation was deed by a paucity of funds. The wide food termination on the Edayar concern agelong of the stream connected May 20, 2024, prompted the authorities to velocity up its implementation.
