The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to either create a new waterbody with a water spread of 22 acres or deepen two existing waterbodies to create an additional storage capacity of 1.5 lakh cubic metres within the Kosasthalaiyar River Basin.
The work will have to be completed within one-and-a-half years in consultation with the Water Resources department, the Bench said. The directions came on a case relating to the Villivakkam-Konnur lake filed by Arappor Iyakkam.
