5 months ago
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The residents of Madhavaram, Manali, and adjacent areas person a crushed to rejoice — boathouses would beryllium established connected the Madhavaram water and the adjacent Manali water by Pongal.
The Madhavaram lake, with a 66-acre h2o spread, and the Manali lake, with a h2o dispersed of 29 acres, person been cleaned and desilted by the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC).
The Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) has completed the feasibility survey to present boating services, and has conducted trials implicit the past fewer days to find whether the 2 waterbodies person capable extent to let the cognition of motorboats.
Sources said the TTDC was readying to acquisition centrifugal boats, pedal boats, and paddle boats for usage connected the lakes. A root successful the GCC said the desilting and cleaning of the Madhavaram water began successful June 2024, and the enactment was completed by September that year.
During signifier I of the project, which was implemented astatine a outgo of ₹4.56 crore, the extent of the water was increased, allowing much h2o storage. The world removed during the desilting process was utilized to fortify the banks.
Vetiver writer (Chrysopogon zizanioides) has been planted on the banks of the lakes, arsenic the roots of the works volition clasp the soil.
A 750 m-long walkway is ready, and enactment connected extending it by different 1,650 m is nether way. In 2 weeks, it would beryllium imaginable to implicit a locomotion astir the water successful 2.3 km.
Lighting, seating arrangements, toilets, parking facilities, and waiting areas are being created.
The Manali lake, which receives the excess h2o from the Madhavaram lake, has a 1.8 km-long pedestrian walkway. The GCC said 95% of the enactment has been completed, with the laying of gravel pending.
Other works
Other works, including compound partition construction, level formation, and improvements astatine the Manali water are expected to outgo ₹11.75 crore.
Sluice gates person been installed astatine inlets to guarantee that sewage does not participate the lakes during the adust season. Excess h2o from the Manali water flows into the Puzhal surplus channel.
Official sources said the Ernavur water was besides apt to get a boating facility.
Water supply
T.K. Shanmugham, president of the Federation of North Chennai Residents’ Welfare Associations, said the lakes successful Manali and Madhavaram could beryllium utilized for drinking h2o supply, arsenic the 2 localities and their surroundings often faced h2o scarcity.
Major canals specified arsenic the Buckingham Canal could beryllium rejuvenated for boating purposes, helium added.
