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With the periphery of the Rockfort Teppakulam cleared of encroachments, the Tiruchi Corporation has commenced extended restoration and beautification enactment to revive the waterbody and amended its surroundings.
The restoration follows a large eviction thrust during which roadside vendors and shops that had operated for decades on NSB Road and astir the Teppakulam of Sri Thayumanaswamy Temple were removed and relocated to alternate sites earmarked by the Corporation. The civic assemblage has removed the aged alloy fencing astir the Teppakulam.
At present, h2o from the vessel is being pumped retired and desilting enactment is to beryllium taken up. Fishes successful the vessel were removed up of the work. Four dense vehicles person been deployed circular the timepiece for pumping and cleaning operations.
Corporation officials said accumulated silt would beryllium removed first, pursuing which the vessel would beryllium cleaned thoroughly, and repair enactment connected damaged steps and structures would beryllium taken up. Cauvery h2o would aboriginal beryllium refilled into the tank, which was filled to capableness past successful 2021.
“The bulk of the h2o has already been pumped out, and desilting enactment volition statesman shortly. The full process is expected to beryllium completed wrong 3 weeks,” a elder Corporation authoritative said.
Officials said the tank, which was erstwhile astir 20 feet heavy crossed its astir 5.30-acre spread, has present been reduced to astir 12 feet owed to years of discarded dumping and silt accumulation. The ongoing restoration is said to beryllium the large renovation of the Teppakulam successful astir 3 decades.
The civic assemblage has drawn up plans to make the country into a recreational abstraction with an outlay of ₹1.56 crore. Proposed enactment see dredging and strengthening the vessel astatine a outgo of ₹50 lakh, installation of practice lighting with arches for ₹38 lakh, and improvement of a walking way with seating benches and a children’s parkland astatine ₹68 lakh. Rainwater harvesting is besides nether consideration.
The authoritative added that the last plan for the beautification task is yet to beryllium approved. Once finalised, full-fledged improvement enactment astir the vessel volition commence.
