Chennai, April 5 (BPNS)
Environmentalists and social activists are up in arms against the piling up of garbage and death of fish in Teppakulam Mariamman water body in Madurai. Teppakulam Mariamman is a tourist destination but heavy piling of garbage in the water body and the water level has come down during the summer.
Dr. Suraikulan, a social activist and environmentalist at Tirunelveli, adjoining district of Madurai while speaking to IANS said, “ Mariamman Teppakulam water body is a tourist destination but tourists are welcomed by the presence of large quantity of garbage in the water body as well as dead fish bodies. Food remains and plastic covers from the nearby eateries are present in large quantity in this water body. Strict action is to be taken but we feel that there is lethargy.”
He also said that the corporation must take strict action against the eateries which are lined up in large numbers near the Mariamman Teppakulam water body.
However, Madurai Corporation commissioner, Simranjeet Singh Kahlon while speaking to media persons said that the garbage dumped in Mariamman Teppakulam would be cleared and a special team will be deputed by the corporation to remove unauthorized eateries.
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