Summary:
The Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) alone has rejuvenated 54 ponds and lakes across Chennai and its suburbs in 2019. Thanks to the continuous efforts of EFI volunteers, groundwater levels are also rising in these localities as most of the restored ponds have recharge wells installed on their beds. In the last three months, seven water bodies in Velachery, Pallikaranai and Thoraipakkam were revived. A senior corporation official said 72 of these water bodies have been fully restored and the remaining will be completed by the end of this month. "Out of 210 water bodies, 136 were handed over to NGOs and companies to revive..