Eloor municipality has initiated work on strengthening the sides of ponds and streams using the eco-friendly coir ‘bhoovastra’ (geotextile) ahead of the monsoon.
The geotextile fabric has been laid along the sides of the nearly three-kilometre-long Panchathodu as part of the pond bank stabilisation efforts.
A. D Sujil, chairman of the civic body, said geotextile would be laid along the 12,600-sq.-ft area on both sides of the canal. The coir geotextile would offer natural strengthening in place of concrete and rubble, he said.
