Tag: Coonoor River
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Coonoor River Phase-5
A 11 day exercise aimed at a re-cleanup of the middle stream and a further widening of 500 meters of hitherto untouched ground was brought to a successful conclusion on 08 October, thanks to the funds made available from funds provided by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and INTACH Nilgiris Chapter. It is hoped that our efforts…
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Time to Reflect
As of tomorrow half a decade would have rolled by since Clean Coonoor and its volunteers, officials, and the general public, joined hands to take upon themselves the mammoth task of cleaning the middle stream of the Coonoor River. It would not be an overstatement to say that the whole venture would have been impossible,…
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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…
