City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter - 5 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
conduct energy conservation studies in small tanneries to identify areas where there
was scope for energy conservation.
5. Exploiting inherent talents possessed by the local population
Inflenced by the reign of Nawabs of Arcot, Ambur has a
distinct and delicious cuisine. It is famous for Biriyanis,
varieties of chicken dishes, desserts like mutanjan, gulab
jamun, gajar ka halwa etc. A food processing unit and
packaging unit, with or without a cold chain facility
could be initiated as a pilot project catering to the
regional, national and international markets.
6. Organize Skill up-gradation training programmes
Organising programmes and schemes such as Entrepreneurial Development
Programmes, Management Development Programmes for existing entrepreneurs to
improve their working, Skill Development Programmes, Energy Conservation
Programmes, Waste minimization Programmes, Packaging for exports and Pollution
Control Programmes, Marketing Development Assistance Scheme will support for
the industrial development.
5.4 ROTECTION OF PALAR RIVER BASIN
Regular monitoring of water quality is required to maintain and restore the
wholesomeness of water under Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act, 1974.
The inland water quality is monitored under two major programmes namely
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1. Monitoring of Indian National Aquatic Resources (MINARS),
2. Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS),
which are funded by Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi. Under the above
two programmes the rivers Thamiraparani, Palar, Vaigai and lakes such as
Udhagamandalam lake, Kodaikanal lake and Yercaud lake are being monitored.
The Department of Environment has been implementing programmes/ projects
under National River Action Plan:
Palar River Conservation at Ambur, Ranipet and Walajapet
A novel project, the first of its kind in the state has been prepared for Ambur
Municipality for diluting the treated industrial effluent containing high Total Dissolved
Solids (TDS) with treated domestic wastewater at an estimated cost of Rs.25.00
crores and sent to Government of India for approval. Now a similar project has
been prepared for Ranipet and Wallajah Municipalities at a cost of Rs.25.00 crores
and sent to Government of India for approval. This project will be beneficial to the
people of Ambur, Ranipet and Wallajah by providing underground sewerage
system and minimise pollution of the River Palar besides bringing down the TDS of
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