Include more waterbodies in Rs 1,600-crore project, CM told

Coimbatore: Environmentalists in Tirupur have written to chief minister M K Stalin pointing out that several smaller water bodies were left out of the multi-crore Avinashi–Athikadavu groundwater recharge and drinking water scheme and urged him to include them in the project.
The Federation of Avinashi - Athikadavu Scheme Struggle Committee, in a letter to Stalin, pointed out that including the left-out water bodies in the Rs 1,600-crore project would ensure year-long availability of water across the region and recharge ground water also.
Several ponds in Perundhurai to Annur were not included in the ambit of the project, said Federation coordinator M S Sampath Kumar. The public works department conducted a survey on the left-out water bodies, he said and urged the CM to issue orders to include them in the scheme and allot adequate funds.
The works, which were stalled due to Covid lockdown, have resumed as the restrictions have been relaxed.