Caught in a relentless grind of overlapping disasters over the years, it is now the turn of the Pampa, Manimayar and Achencoil river to flow clean and beautiful.
Starting next month, teams of men and machines will swoop down on these three major rivers, which together serve as the lifelines of both Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha districts, to clear and stabilise the river beds. The project, to be implemented by formulating a government-people collaborative involving the local panchayats, Irrigation, Revenue, Geology and Forest departments, will be executed through a series of micro-level plans.
According to District Collector Divya S. Iyer, removal of the delta formations and silt that obstructs the natural flow of these rivers forms the core of the restoration plan. To begin with, the Kerala Engineering Research Institute under the Irrigation department conducted a survey of the Pampa riverbed and identified 38 locations where desilting has to be carried out.
