Taming the river wild - The New Indian Express

The waterway that brimmed with hectic activity once turned into a brook. For the life around it underwent a drastic change over the past couple of decades. The villagers from Chennithala were left grappling with the hard reality of a dying river in their efforts to complete a ritual on their Palliyodam (snakeboat) to the Aranmula Parthasarathi temple for the annual water festival. R Rakesh, one of the two representatives from the village to the Uthrattathi regatta who accompanies the boat on its annual 24-hour journey, recounted: “For the past 124 years, it has been an 82 km journey by water to the temple to participate in the Uthrattathi festival.

Budhanoor Grama Panchayat President Adv. P. Viswambhara Panicker

“For the women, it was not merely a job guarantee scheme,” panchayat president P Vishwambhara Panicker said. “Their work showed their dedication. They toiled with a social commitment. It was exemplary asset creation under the MGNREGS. Rs 72 lakh was earmarked for this.”

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A river reborn: How 700 workers cleaned a once-still river in Kerala’s Alappuzha - The News Minute

700 people in 70 days gave life to the dead river. Kuttemperoor river in Kerala was dead for 10 long years. But not any more. A tributary of Pampa and Achankovil rivers, Kuttemperoor has now had a rebirth, thanks to the efforts of 700 workers for 70 days. Environmentalists have always said that any water body can be given a rebirth despite how severe its pollution problems are, or how near it is to death, and Kuttemperoor will go down in history as an example for this. Labourers cleaning the river Kuttemperoor before it died At one point, Kuttemperoor was Budhanoor’s lifeline. The residents of the village never experienced drinking water crisis, nor did they have a shortage of water for irrigation. In fact, the river was a source for irrigation for about 25,000 acres of paddy fields. Back then, the river was also used by local traders to transport their goods. It also helped control the flood in many places, because when Pamba and Achankovil overflowed, Ku

German team to take part in revival of Kuttanperoor river - Mathrubhumi News

A German team arrived here to know for themselves how Budhanoor panchayath in Alappuzha made the revival of Kuttanperoor river possible. The team congratulated the local body for the excellent model they have come up with and expressed their willingness in taking part in the other activities connected to the revival of the river. Watch Video Mathrubhumi News

Kuttamperoor River

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