The waterway is around 12 km in length with a catchment area of 38.40 square kilometres. It is the major outlet for rainwater in North Chennai. Along with the other major waterways of Chennai, the water remains heavily polluted in spite of many government efforts to clean it up over the years, including the relocation of many thousands of people from its banks since the year 2000.
Heavy rains in late 2005 caused the stream to flood, leading to extensive inundation into the surrounding areas of polluted water and a subsequent outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting. In the wake of the floods, the local administration began investigations into widening the stream to prevent recurrence of such problems in the future.
In 2010, it was announced that Hydrological digital instruments would be installed along the Otteri Nullah to monitor rainfall.[1]
In 2011, the Public Works Department announced that it had started work on desilting the water body.[2]
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^K, Lakshmi (15 October 2010). "Hydrological digital instruments along Otteri Nullah canal soon". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
^R, Srikanth (7 August 2011). "Desilting work on at Otteri Nullah". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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otteri, nullah, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, november, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Otteri Nullah news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message 13 05 38 N 80 12 38 E 13 09398 N 80 21060 E 13 09398 80 21060 The Otteri Nullah is an east west waterway which runs through north Chennai starting at the village of Mullam proceeding through Purasawalkam and then passing through Buckingham and Carnatic Mills before meeting the Buckingham Canal at Basin Bridge The waterway is around 12 km in length with a catchment area of 38 40 square kilometres It is the major outlet for rainwater in North Chennai Along with the other major waterways of Chennai the water remains heavily polluted in spite of many government efforts to clean it up over the years including the relocation of many thousands of people from its banks since the year 2000 Heavy rains in late 2005 caused the stream to flood leading to extensive inundation into the surrounding areas of polluted water and a subsequent outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting In the wake of the floods the local administration began investigations into widening the stream to prevent recurrence of such problems in the future In 2010 it was announced that Hydrological digital instruments would be installed along the Otteri Nullah to monitor rainfall 1 In 2011 the Public Works Department announced that it had started work on desilting the water body 2 References edit K Lakshmi 15 October 2010 Hydrological digital instruments along Otteri Nullah canal soon The Hindu Chennai Retrieved 7 November 2012 R Srikanth 7 August 2011 Desilting work on at Otteri Nullah The Hindu Chennai Retrieved 7 November 2012 This city of Chennai location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Otteri Nullah amp oldid 1099627731, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
