Water Resources Augmentation/Development/Rejuvenation

Siruthuli in its initial phase of operations, is very much concerned and involved in rectifying the defects and harness / conserve the water in the existing water bodies in Coimbatore district.

Large Scale Rainwater Harvesting

The initial phase aims at dredging the 9 arterial tanks and 2 canals branching off from river Noyyal. The Noyyal water system dates back to the Chera period, at a time when there were no earth moving equipments available and even implements had to be hand-made. 22 tanks were dug with a long-term vision in a systematic manner adorning the present city of Coimbatore like a necklace as below:

Over a period of time, during the last 4 decades, the tanks have fallen into a state of ruin thereby losing the purpose for which they were dug and making water a very scarce commodity. Due to lack of methodical plans to replenish the sewage treatment, the ground water is getting contaminated rapidly. In order to restore the lost glory to Coimbatore and also to make the reservoirs of Coimbatore water rich, Siruthuli has desilted 7 out of 9 arterial tanks besides standardizing them.

Solid Waste Management

Due to lack of proper disposal methods, city's daily garbage accumulation of 500 to 750 tons are mostly dumped in the low lying areas like canals and water bodies thereby reducing the capacity of water storage and also contaminating the quality of water and land. Hence, an integrated system is being drawn along with a system to segregate the garbage at source into wet and dry. The wet garbage will be used for manure or for energy conversion and the dry will be used as land fills. Plastics will be segregated and disposed off suitably.

Afforestation

Coimbatore was once a green cover rich area with the western ghats comprising of several 1000 km of acres of rain forests, but due to severe deforestation, the green cover has almost been reduced to nothing which also accounts for the drastic reduction of rainfall in Coimbatore district. In order to augment rainfall initiative, Siruthuli has planned to plant 1.5 million trees to represent the 1.5 million population in the next five years. Siruthuli plans to have tree parks in many areas within the city wherever land and water is available, so that the saplings can be raised in a nursery for about 8 months before being planted. Siruthuli also has contacted many schools to involve the school children in raising of saplings and finally planting of trees.

Sewage Treatment

The sewage generated by the city's population is finding its way into the tanks of Coimbatore polluting the aquifers. Conforming to globally accepted norms, Siruthuli plans to setup low cost sewage water treatment plants in the tanks themselves thereby improving the quality of the ground water. A proposal to setup a treatment plant in valankulam has been forwarded to Coimbatore Corporation.