Tourism project breathes fresh life into this canal
The Hindu
Arivalthodu being cleaned up under government’s STREET project
Surrounded by pristine strips of sand, it was a favourite thoroughfare for country boats while people used to swim here till two decades ago. Then came the overwhelming tides of encroachment and garbage, which gradually converted this once picturesque waterbody into a health hazard.
But thanks to a responsible tourism initiative, a team of men and machines have now swooped down on this two-km-long canal to clean up its putrid banks and riverbed.
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