The announcement in the State budget on Thursday that the Noyyal and Vaigai will be desilted has brought cheer to environmental activists and industries here.
According to Vanitha Mohan, Managing Trustee of Siruthuli, it is a much-awaited and a welcome move. At least the spade work should start for it immediately. The Government should take up a survey of the river at the earliest and all the stakeholders should be involved in the project.President of the Federation of Tamil Nadu Agriculturalist Associations, C. Nallasami, said be it the Vaigai or the Noyyal, desilting alone will not help. Industries that are banned in the developed countries are welcomed into the State. Further, with increase in population in urban areas, letting out of sewage into the water bodies has also gone up.
