Author: Vasanthan Panchavarnam
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Not a Moment too Soon
With the Northeast Monsoon having set across South India yesterday and the met-office predicting heavy rains, it was a touch and go situation for Team Clean Coonoor as its clean-up activity on the upper stream of the Coonoor River, neared its close. Luckily the weather held its peace, and we at Clean Coonoor are happy…
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Upper Stream Cleanup : Day-23
As the cleanup of the Upper Stream entered the 23rd day, team Clean Coonoor learnt to ‘exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.’ Activities had been carried out for nearly 197 hours over 20 days, during which a total of 4 kilo tonnes of soil and debris had been excavated…
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Surface Drainage – A Year in Retrospect
13 October, happens to be the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, and it was on this very day in 2018, volunteers of Clean Coonoor took upon themselves, the daunting task of cleaning stormwater drains and culverts. The brainchild of the then Revenue Divisional Officer, the idea to work on the surface drainage system of…
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Halfway There
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Wise words by a cavalryman, statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States. Three weeks after initiation of the cleaning of the Upper Stream of the Coonoor River, we at Clean Coonoor are happy to state that…
