Notwithstanding the unexpected drizzle, for the next three hours they slathered concrete mixture of cement and plastered the hole. We pooled in Rs.3,000 and undertook the repair job ourselves as one of our members is also a mason. We clear the channels of encroachments, seemai karuvelam bushes and plastic waste. Tirunagar Pakkam facilitated water flow into the Vilachery, Koothiyarkundu and Semattankulam tanks by cleaning the channels this year. Our members climbed into neck-deep waste, braved the stench and spruced it up within 48 hours,” says Vishwanath.

Source: The Hindu February 28, 2018 11:37 UTC