Author: Vasanthan Panchavarnam
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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…
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Debris Disposal
Two weeks have passed since the upper stream of the Coonoor River was subjected to cleaning up and de-silting operations. Some 3200 metric tonnes of debris, from a stretch measuring a mere 300 metres, have been removed. Also recovered from inside the stream were some material belonging to the railways worth a few lakhs, which…
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Remembering the Mahatma
“Nature is lenient. It often does not punish us for our sins immediately.” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) Thus stated the Great Soul, whose 150th birth anniversary is being celebrated throughout the nation and across the world today. The Mahatma never used the word environment protection. During his time environmental problems were…
