Siruthuli
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Siruthuli is an NGO based in Coimbatore, India which works to rejuvenate the water sources in the city of Coimbatore. Siruthuli means a small drop in Tamil.
Stated objectives
- Reviving the heritage of Coimbatore vis-à-vis its traditional water management system
- Rainwater harvesting to harness rainwater and de-silt ponds, canals and waterways in disuse to raise the ground water level
- Preventing environmental degradation by launching a drive against non-bio degradable wastes
- Mass education programmes to provide awareness to the larger community to protect the environment
- Institutionalizing waste water management and thereby improving sanitation facilities in the community
- Initiating projects for a cleaner and greener environment, like Afforestation drive{{cite web|title=About us - Siruthuli|url=http://siruthuli.com/about-us/|website=Siruthuli|access-date=14 September 2016}}
- To foster inter-community relationship through a wider participation by the community to build up a strong social solidarityFile:Noyyal_Life_Centre_Siruthuli.jpg
Activities
- Lakes in and around Coimbatore namely, Krishnampathy, Narasampathy, Selvampathy, Kumarasamy, Kurichi Kulam and Periyakulam were desilted and deepened. A Checkdam was also built with help of government funding. {{cite news|title=Coimbatore: Drinking water woes a thing of the past|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/best-cities-2014-poor-monsoons-water-management-efforts-municipal-body-ngos-people/1/402935.html|newspaper=India Today|access-date=14 September 2016|date=20 November 2014|location=Coimbatore, India}}
- With the help of the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation, 150 borewells with recharge pits and filter chambers were constructed to harvest the rainwater from roads and the open spaces.
- Water hyacinth was removed from Valankulam tank. Siruthuli will take up processing of 100 MT. of organic market waste daily.{{cite news|title=Once upon a tank|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2161570.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=5 July 2011|location=Coimbatore, India}}
- It also plans to plant and nurture 1000 trees and remove encroachments in Noyyal river.{{cite news|title=Green campaign launched|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/13/stories/2011061359050200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623182425/http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/13/stories/2011061359050200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 June 2011|date=13 June 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Coimbatore, India}}
Awards
- Amruthavarshini Award from Rotary club of Coimbatore - 2015 {{cite news|title=Effective water management immediate solution for water crisis|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/effective-water-management-immediate-solution-for-water-crisis/article7191420.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=11 May 2015|location=Tamil Nadu, India}}
- Bhoomijal Samwardhan Puraskar - 2008 (Ground water Augmentation Award), by Union Ministry of Water Resources{{cite news|title=Ground Water Augmentation Award for Siruthuli|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ground-water-augmentation-award-for-siruthuli/article737924.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=14 September 2016|date=31 March 2010|location=Tamil Nadu, India}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.blonnet.com/2003/10/07/stories/2003100700731700.htm `Project Siruthuli' looking at power or manure]
- [http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2102/stories/20040130005912200.htm Reviving the tanks]
Category:Environmental organisations based in India