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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) volition undertake eco-restoration and rejuvenation works astatine Valvetty Thangal Pond and Puthucheri Eri successful Sholinganallur portion (XV) of the Kovalam basin with backing from KfW, a German improvement bank.
The enactment connected Valvetty Thangal Pond volition beryllium taken up astatine a outgo of ₹17.78 crore, portion Puthucheri Eri volition beryllium restored astatine a outgo of ₹10.74 crore. According to the GCC, the eco-restoration and rejuvenation works projected for some waterbodies supply for the excavation of the pond furniture to a extent of 50 centimetres for cleaning purposes, with the enactment of graded slopes from the embankment to the bed.
The civic assemblage said slope extortion would beryllium carried retired on the interior embankments of some waterbodies utilizing vetiver grass, buffer grass, and Bermuda writer laid implicit a coir mat. A kerb partition volition beryllium provided on the apical of the embankments.
Irrigation of the slopes astatine some sites volition beryllium carried retired done 50 millimetre (mm) and 100 mm diameter pipes fitted with sprinklers placed astatine three-metre intervals. Water levels person been identified for the Northeast monsoon play successful December and for March.
The GCC said handrails would beryllium provided on the pond edges, on with ecological grid paving connected adjoining walkways. A chain-link obstruction volition beryllium installed on the outer boundaries. It stated that sitting benches would beryllium placed astatine intervals of 200 metres, portion lamp posts and closed-circuit tv cameras volition beryllium installed astatine intervals of 30 metres. Trees planted on the embankments volition see Pongamia pinnata and Syzygium cumini.
