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The project will include works on straight cut canal from Maduravoyal lake to Cooum Alternative lands identified near Avadi for residents evicted from waterbodies CHENNAI: The proposal to rejuvenate waterbodies in and around the city is expected to be approved by the Centre under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission in four months. The Water Resources Department sent the detailed project report to the Central government last week for scrutiny. A WRD official said that of the 19 major waterbodies in and around the city, work to rejuvenate the three lakes in Maduravoyal, Ambattur and Porur and their surplus courses would be taken up in the first phase with the funds from the centre. Besides strengthening the bund and demarcating the boundary, the surplus courses of the three lakes would also be widened to facilitate a free flow of water and prevent inundation in the neighbouring residential localities. The project would also include works on straight cut canal from the Maduravoyal lake to the Cooum river, the official said. These lakes were chosen in the first phase as they were heavily affected during the recent showers. As a first step towards rejuvenating the lakes, the department carried out the drive to remove encroachments on the lake-bed and along the surplus course obstructing the free flow of water, the official said. On the ongoing encroachment removal drive in Ambattur and Ayanampakkam lakes, the official said that about 800 of the 3,700 encroachments assessed so far in the Ambattur lake had been removed in the past two weeks. Similarly, nearly 350 encroached structures on the lake-bed of Ayanampakkam lake have been removed. The Revenue Department has identified alternative lands near Avadi for the residents who were evicted from the waterbodies, the official said. The work to improve the capacity of the other waterbodies in and around the city would be taken up in the later phases of the project. Though the drive to remove encroachments from waterbodies began last year under the Tank Protection Act 2007, it was suspended in several areas due to residents’ protests and court proceedings.
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