Friday, 19 October 2012

Cleaning The Otteri Nullah


The Otteri Nullah is an east-west waterway which runs through north Chennai, starting at the village of Mullam proceeding through Purasawalkam before meeting the Buckingham Canal at Basin Bridge. The waterway is around 12km in length with a catchment area of 38.40 square kilometers. It was once a major outlet for rainwater in North Chennai. 

Today water remains heavily polluted in spite of many government efforts to clean it up over the years, including the relocation of many thousands of people from its banks. Heavy rains causes overflowing of the canal leading to extensive inundation into the surrounding low lying areas.

 The Government of Tamil Nadu will continue to take measures to keep Otteri Nullah pollution-free and the cleaning process is still going on. Large amount of money is spent by the Government to clean the nullah.

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