A host of environment organisations have petitioned the
district authorities seeking their direction to the Tamil Nadu
Generation and Distribution Corporation to stop work in Valangulam. The TANGEDCO has dumped earth in the tank to erect electricity poles.
In
the petition, Environment Groups have said that the earth
dumped in the tank would drastically reduce the water holding capacity
of the tank, which had already lost half its original extent to various
government departments.
A release from R. Mohammed
Saleem of Environment Conservation Group, said that the district
Collector M. Karunagaran and Revenue Divisional Officer R. Sahnthakumar
had promised to look into the issue.The press
release that was issued also said that the tank and others that form
part of the Noyyal basin played an important role in regulating water
levels, mitigating floods, recharging ground water and hosting migratory
birds.It also said that if the authorities failed
to control the damage, the environment organisations would have little
choice but to take up the matter legally.
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