Yes not only the Market canal, I have heard that plans are underway to even renovate the entire Ernakulam maket. The market will be getting interlocking tiles from its one entrance to the other and the garbage from all the shops around the market will be collcted by the corporation itself. And the roads have been widened on both the sides too.
Haha, yeah. The civic authorities are actually planning to take strict action on the people who are dumping waste in the canal. Along with putting up barricades and fences, They are planning to install hidden cameras in and around the Ernakulam canal to catch people who are dumping waste. It a good idea actually. Atleast now the people in the city will stop dumping the waste into the canal and damaging it.
Yes the Ernakulam Market Canal has been cleaned and renoveated. It has be de-silted and the depth of the canal has been increased a spasrt of the renovation. They have also added fencing around the canal and have added a walkway over it. :) It is going to be really beautiful.
I agree, now that everything is being cleaned and renovated, i think that a lot of people will be keen on investing here more. and its a good idea too, I expect to see a lot of returns and profitts in the future for the investments.
The Ernakulam Market Canal Renovation has been a big project. I have heard that the irrigation deparment has alloted around 1.72 crore rupees only for the renovation of this project. The renovation starts from the Rainbow Bridge in Marine Drive and goes on til the Banerji road, a total of 1 km.
Hie, The renovation of the Ernakulam Market Canal is almost complete. And the opening of this canal will happen sometime during the end of November and it has been done in a very artistic manner to even attract the prospects of tourism in that area.