Chennai, June 1 (BPNS)
The Tirunelveli corporation will take stringent action against the discharge of sewage in Thamirabarani river.
The river is the lifeline of the people of Tirunelveli district and it was recently cleaned up of pollution and waste disposal.
However, several residents who don’t have toilets in their homes and living on the banks of the river are discharging the sewage waste directly into the river.
The Tirunelveli corporation is constructing a sewage collection system through which sewage discharged into the river will be collected and pumped to the Underground Sewerage Scheme (USS). The sewage collected in the USS will be brought back to the Ramayanpatti treatment plant.
Sources in the corporation told BPNS that four places have been identified where a large volume of sewage was discharged into the Thamirabarani River.
The corporation is also planning to connect sewage lines of Sindupoonthurai and Meenakshipuram to be connected with the USS.
It is to be noted that the pollution level in river Thamiribarani was high and the Tirunelveli district administration and the corporation had taken steps for clearing the river of pollution.
K. Krishnankutty, a farmer while speaking to BPNS said, “River Thamiribarani is the lifeline of Tirunelveli and the farmers are dependent on it. There were concerted efforts by the district administration and the Tirunelveli corporation but even now sewage is being discharged into the water and there has to be strong action against this.”
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