Drains and Culverts

Like that most veracious man of Kipling’s poem, ‘Municipal,’ we at Clean Coonoor ‘believe in well-flushed culverts,’ not that we were ever chased into one by an elephant in musth, but for the reason that an efficient storm water drainage is important not only in the aspects concerning health and hygiene, but by also playing a vital role in preventing mishaps such as flooding and mudslips.

We have to our credit so far, twelve major culverts and three stormwater drains. All were completely clogged through years of neglect, and needed urgent attention. The enterprise of un-clogging them, started around mid October 2018, based on an off-hand and partly humorous remark made by the District Collector, and lasted until mid February of the next year.

Hats off to our volunteers who accomplished the herculean task of cleaning them all with very little mechanical means at their disposal.

It was the experience gained through this exercise, that prompted us to take on the larger challenge of cleaning up the Coonoor River.