COIMBATORE: While the Noyyal river has been the lifeline of Coimbatore and surrounding regions through history, not many people from here would have had the chance to know how the river’s water tastes. The chances for that is little, as in the recent years the river has been polluted by sewage, plastics and other kinds of waste.However, city residents will have an opportunity to taste Noyyal in its purity this Friday, the World Water Day . Volunteers of the environmental forum Kovai Kulangal Paadhukappu Amaippu have collected water from the source of the Noyyal near the city and would distribute it to the public at five important places in the city.Volunteers of the forum said on Thursday they visited Noyyal’s source at the Kovai Kuttralam falls and collected water from there with the permission of forest officials. “We have collected water in 50 cans of 20litre capacity each. We chose a spot above where people bathe so that the water would be clean,” said R Manikandan, a representative of the forum.The water they collected from the spring was as tasty as that of the Siruvani, said Manikandan. “We have planned to distribute the water to people so that on tasting it they would know the importance of preserving the river,” he said.The forum would set up stalls at five prominent places in the city to distribute the Noyyal water to the public: Gandhipuram Bus stand, Ukkadam Bus Stand, Town Hall Bus Stop, Race Course and Railway station. This is the second consecutive year the forum would conduct such an event.

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