Saturday, June 14, 2008

Rivers


Muvattupuzha River
The town is named after the Muvattupuzha river which flows through it. The name is made up of three malayam words: 'Moo', which stands for 'three', 'aaru' - small river, and 'puzha', which also means a river. 'Aaru' is a word that is usually used to rivers in the southern half of Kerala, while 'puzha's are northern rivers. The three rivers in this case are the Kothamangalam river or Kothayaar, Kaliyar and Thodupuzha river, which merge to form a single river. Thus it is called Thriveni Sangamam or Centre Point.

Muvattupuzha River which starts and flows through Muvattupuzha town runs for 121 km. The major source of water is the Thodupuzha River which starts in the Idukki district and provides a good supply of water all the year, enabled by the supply of water fromIdukki Arch Dam. Idukki Dam is the largest Arch Dam in India and it is used for hydro-electric power generation. Muvattupuzhayar is the prime victim of river pollution now a days. Municipalities Hospitalas, hotels commercial shps .. all are dumping tonnes of wastes in the rive without any resist. Green people, people for socio environmental works an environmental organisation is now leading a campaign to save the muvattupuzhayar

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Very good effort Thank you