Coimbatore, through which the River Noyyal passes, will soon be a part of the River-Cities Alliance (RCA), an initiative of the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga G. Asok Kumar, who was here on a two-day visit, told The Hindu on Thursday. “We are adding Coimbatore to the RCA programme to help revive the Noyyal. I find that there is not much industrial pollution here and it is mostly sewage that flows into water bodies. This is easily treatable.”
Traversing through Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode and Karur districts covering 160 km, the river is a tributary of Cauvery. The Alliance enables cities to network and build capacities.
