Rising from the dead is easier said than done. But it may not be an impossible task, at least, in the case of resurrecting a river. The Kuttamperoor river in Alappuzha, dead for more than a decade, has completed its comeback to life.
The rebirth of the 7.2-km waterbody, a tributary of the Pampa and Achencoil rivers, has been made possible over a period of six years through public participation and government intervention. "The Kuttamperoor river restoration project has been completed. As part of redeeming the river, we have deepened the channel, removed encroachments, constructed bunds on both sides and rejuvenated it with a width of 50 m," says an official of the Major Irrigation department.
The department is now awaiting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's date to organise a public function to make the official declaration.
