Project launched to clean Parvathy Puthanar

 
The Government has launched a project to clean up the polluted Parvathy Puthanar canal and the downstream areas of Karamana River. An amount of Rs.4 crore has been earmarked for the project, which involves dredging and opening up the sandbar to let out the polluted water from the canal.

The operation was launched at the Cheriyamuttam coast in Poonthura under the programme to revive the Kovalam-Kollam section of the National Waterway. The Irrigation department is using mechanized equipment to cut open the sandbar. Coastal erosion and the heavy metal pollution of the canal had made life miserable fro the residents. The contamination of the scenic backwaters poses a threat to the tourism industry in the area.

(The Hindu, 15th April 2007)