Bahour is the rice bowl of Pondicherry. It is also a historical location where the Cholas used it as their Mandalam for the entire operations almost a millenium ago. Bahour has a good network of irrigation tanks and its associated channels which are the lifeline of the entire region.
But for the past couple of years, a lot undesirable things are happening here including sand mining in the Pennaiyar river, attempts to convert the water bodies into other uses, conversion of agricultural lands to real estate etc. There are also a couple of medical colleges, engineering colleges, B.Ed. colleges etc. which all have converted prime agricultural land into buildings and campuses cutting the drainage channels, polluting the whole area with their wastes and effluents etc.
Even more, even wastes from the neighbouring district of Cuddalore are also being dumped along the roads. These also include bio-medical waste and other toxics. The Mullodai road connecting the ECR to the Parikkalpet village, is also fully laden with huge heaps of waste which are also burnt sometimes creating huge pollution in the area.
What you see here is the huge waste heap dumped on the Kannikoil Bahour road adjacent to an Industrial unit. These huge heap would leach all the toxics inside and the leachate would get into the adjacent drainage channel which joins the Mullodai drainage channel and could have a very bad impact on the entire area.
But for the past couple of years, a lot undesirable things are happening here including sand mining in the Pennaiyar river, attempts to convert the water bodies into other uses, conversion of agricultural lands to real estate etc. There are also a couple of medical colleges, engineering colleges, B.Ed. colleges etc. which all have converted prime agricultural land into buildings and campuses cutting the drainage channels, polluting the whole area with their wastes and effluents etc.
Even more, even wastes from the neighbouring district of Cuddalore are also being dumped along the roads. These also include bio-medical waste and other toxics. The Mullodai road connecting the ECR to the Parikkalpet village, is also fully laden with huge heaps of waste which are also burnt sometimes creating huge pollution in the area.
What you see here is the huge waste heap dumped on the Kannikoil Bahour road adjacent to an Industrial unit. These huge heap would leach all the toxics inside and the leachate would get into the adjacent drainage channel which joins the Mullodai drainage channel and could have a very bad impact on the entire area.
