Coimbatore Corporation plans to develop ponds to store rainwater

Coimbatore Corporation plans to develop ponds to store rainwater Coimbatore Coimbatore Corporation plans to develop ponds across the city to store rainwater and recharge groundwater, beginning with a pond in Saravanampatti that is being deepened for the purpose, Corporation Commissioner Katta Ravi Teja said on Friday. At a consultative meeting with representatives of non-governmental organisations and voluntary organisations on rainwater harvesting, he said similar works would be taken up in other ponds across the city in phases. Mr. Ravi Teja said the Corporation had inspected 1,58,355 buildings across its 100 wards to assess rainwater harvesting systems. Officials were preparing to issue notices to 80,293 buildings where the systems were non-functional or required repairs. The Corporation was also taking steps to involve schoolchildren in rainwater harvesting awareness, he said. Representatives of voluntary organisations urged the Corporation to maintain records of areas affected by rainfall and those that escaped inundation.