Plea for regularisation of housing plots in Bodi outskirts

Six municipalities - Bodinayakanur, Chinnamanur, Cumbum, Gudalur, Periyakulam and Theni- Allinagarm - and 22 town panchayats in Theni district are going to the urban local body polls on February 19.Mo

Six municipalities - Bodinayakanur, Chinnamanur, Cumbum, Gudalur, Periyakulam and Theni- Allinagarm - and 22 town panchayats in Theni district are going to the urban local body polls on February 19.

Most of these places lie in the rich Cumbum Valley, irrigated by Mulluperiyar, Moola Vaigai and Kottakudi rivers and many canals branching off from them. The abundant farm produce drives the economic growth of the region.

At the foothills of the Western Ghats border is Bodinayakunur, a municipality with 33 wards. The town enjoys good drinking water supply because of the Kottakudi, a perennial river, which flows from Kurnagani and the foothills of Western Ghats to Bodi and runs east to join the Vaigai and the Mullaiperiyar at Kunnor near Theni, ahead of Vaigai dam. The Kottakudi water is stored near Paramsewaran Temple off Bodi-Munnar highway and pumped to households in the town without a hitch.