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Nagercoil Corporation volition reconstruct the Chemmankulam water astatine an estimated outgo of ₹6.59 crore.
In enactment with this, preparations are nether mode for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to laic the instauration chromatic for the task during his sojourn to Kanniyakumari territory connected February 24 and 25.
Chemmankulam lake, located connected Avvai-Shanmugam Salai astatine Ozhuginesary area, has suffered terrible biology harm owed to sewage intrusion and proliferation of h2o hyacinth. The lake, which erstwhile showed disposable stretches of water, had go astir wholly covered with h2o hyacinth and different weeds, leaving lone tiny patches of h2o resembling an oasis successful the desert.
Residents and environmentalists consistently pressed to suspend the sewage intrusion and reconstruct the waterbody.
In 2024, an appraisal was carried retired and a Detailed Project Report (DPR) was submitted for the support of renovation of the lakefront and restoration of the waterbody.
Following the support of the project, a enactment bid was issued, a fewer days ago, for the renovation and restoration of Chemmankulam.
An authoritative from the Nagercoil Corporation said that the task volition statesman with desilting of the waterbody and strengthening of the bund. In addition, the lakefront renovation volition besides see footpath connected bund, kids play area, seating, floating wetland, birds island, parking facilities, lighting and different amenities.
He noted that though the task has a clip framework of 1 twelvemonth for its completion, the Corporation has been readying to implicit the task wrong six months, which is earlier the onset of northeast monsoon.
Nagercoil Corporation Commissioner Nishant Krishna said that the water volition beryllium wholly restored and transformed into a recreational abstraction successful the bosom of the city. He added that Underground Drainage System works successful the country person been completed, sewage intrusion into the water has been arrested and immoderate missing transportation that volition beryllium connected to the existing UGDS network.
