Tag: Coonoor River
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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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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…
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World Rivers Day 2019 Celebrations – Responses
Revd. Philip Mulley24 Sep 2019 Dear Samantha and Dr.Vasanthan, A big salute to you both and your counterparts in the CLEAN COONOOR MISSION. The meaningful event put up at Coonoor Club on the 22nd instant, by whosoever concerned is certainly a great wellspring of what your mission wants to happen to “Namma Water” (one sixth…
