The Deputy Chief Minister of TN has stated the Kallang River, Singapore, beautification project will be replicated to restore the Cooum river in Chennai. It is very well to try and clean up R. Cooum and it is essential that it be done.
But there is another report on the same paper on 25th Nov.
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IT companies dump organic waste into Adyar
IT companies in Chennai generate 5-10 tonnes of biological waste (vegetables, half-eaten pizzas, etc.) and tests on the R. Adyar revealed that the BOD (biological oxygen demand) in the water was between 40-60 per cent. (aquatic fauna would perish if the BOD exceeds 25 per cent)
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hee hee!
Tthe report correctly states 'organic' waste in headline, but states 'biological' waste in the body (no pun intended). Both are completely different - organic waste is leftover foods, paper etc., but biological waste is urine or faecal matter - shet ... literally
:-(
BTP, in view of the above reports, isn't it time to stop further deterioration of the River Adyar before we jump into the R. Cooum ?
Isn't prevention better than cure ?
BTW the list of some facts about River Cooum & cleanup projects envisaged
But there is another report on the same paper on 25th Nov.--------------------------------------
IT companies dump organic waste into Adyar
IT companies in Chennai generate 5-10 tonnes of biological waste (vegetables, half-eaten pizzas, etc.) and tests on the R. Adyar revealed that the BOD (biological oxygen demand) in the water was between 40-60 per cent. (aquatic fauna would perish if the BOD exceeds 25 per cent)
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hee hee!
Tthe report correctly states 'organic' waste in headline, but states 'biological' waste in the body (no pun intended). Both are completely different - organic waste is leftover foods, paper etc., but biological waste is urine or faecal matter - shet ... literally
:-(
BTP, in view of the above reports, isn't it time to stop further deterioration of the River Adyar before we jump into the R. Cooum ?
Isn't prevention better than cure ?
BTW the list of some facts about River Cooum & cleanup projects envisaged
- Cooum is the shortest river to drain into Bay of Bengal - length of about 65 km.
- 1967 - 1973 : 1st Cooum cleanup project
- 1976 : Sivalingam committee proposes Rs. 22 crore project for Chennai Rivers
- 1991 : Steven Trent commissioned to study / suggest River management
- 1994 : Mott McDonald study recommends Rs. 34 crores project for River
- 1998: Rs. 17 crores earmarked for improving R. Cooum
- 2000: Chennai City River Conservation Project launched with Rs. 720 crores
- 2008 : World Bank supported project supposedly underway
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