Clean channels before northeast monsoon: Coimbatore activists and residents
The Hindu
Civic body working to clean the channels, say officials
At Sai Nagar, Podanur, an earth mover is moving back and forth on the Vellalore canal bund. The machine operator is removing water weeds from the canal and bushes on the interior of the bund.
The Public Works Department had deployed the earth mover a few days ago to plug a breach on the canal in the very area. Following southwest monsoon rain in the last couple of weeks, water flow in River Noyyal increased and as a consequence the flow in the canal too increased.
But because of blockages, the water could not flow towards the tank and breached the bund at Sai Nagar, said R. Manikandan, coordinator, Kovai Kulangal Pathugappu Amaipu, a water conservation NGO.

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of a notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which had complained about disturbances caused to people residing in the localities around the National Public School situated in Rajajinagar 5th block due to use of loudspeakers with high volume in the school and parking of school buses in residential areas.












