Sewage Canal in Kalapatti

Q: Has any action been taken to remove the unhygienic canal that passes through Kalapatti that causes a lot of disturbance to airport authorities? And is this a nice locality to move to? Are there any other prominent civic issues?

Manikandan Swami, Coimbatore

29th July 2014

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Kalapatti does face some civic issues actually apart from just this canal. 2 years ago garbage collection was abysmal and there was open dumping of waste that resulted in a very unsanitary environment. Also there are a number of open drains in the area that need to constantly keep getting cleaned or there is no point of the drain being there in the first place. But property value is still quite high in this locality and it is also a well-developed layout. Still these issues must really be solved by the civic authorities.

Satyanathan Kumar, Coimbatore

30th July 2014

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The study that is currently involved with this matter has to deal with the situation and it is upto them to find a solution. As of now, the problem is there is lot of slow of sewage in the canal which regularly gets blocked. This needs to be properly cleaned. Suggestions are being given to coimbatore commissioner and collector. Right now everybody is waiting for the formal response from the corporation to take the next step forward. This canal is passes through areas with houses like Kalapatti, although I don't think the residents here are much affected at all.

N Jeeva kumar, Coimbatore

30th July 2014

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Yeah the airport authorities want to get this canal diverted, or at least to cover up the section that passes through the airport. But obviously there has to be some problem or the other and diversion work is not possible as the corporation will have to get more land for this process and there is a lot of other work that will have to be done. So the canal is still as it is and I doubt any decision has been made yet.

Sandhya Prasad, Coimbatore

29th July 2014

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Yes actually this sewage canal was studied by the Coimbatore Authorities to see whether or not it could be diverted or closed off. This canal passes through the Coimbatore airport and is creating quite a few problems for the airport authorities. Actully the thing is, this place now harbours a number of birds that keep flying all over the area. They go and hit against planes and even on the screen so this is very dangerous for air travel and many birds die because of this. Definitely something must be done about this asap!

Rajeev Srinivasan, Coimbatore

29th July 2014

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