Coimbatore: The city corporation has almost completed the rejuvenation and beautification work of Selva Chinthamani tank in the city and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is likely to inaugurate the revamped waterbody in a few days.
The project was carried out by the civic body at a cost of Rs 31.47 crore under the smart city mission. The work to beautify the lake, which is spread across 35.22 acres, was commenced in April 2019. The project involved developing the lake bund for about 1.5km, strengthening the bund, erecting a bio-fence using trees and treating the water flowing into the tank from Kumarasamy tank, among others.
A source privy to the project confirmed that the work was almost complete and the chief minister was likely to inaugurate it in the next few days.
The city corporation has, meanwhile, fast-tracked the restoration and beautification work of lakes such as Ukkadam periyakulam, Kumarasamy, Selvampathy and Valankulam in the city limits and been setting regular targets to complete the work on time. TNN