Actually, cooum river is a back water. It has some noted religious places on its banks. Even the noted Pachaippa Mudaliar used to bathe in this river . Till 60's this river was used as water navigation . Alas! if you look at the water body now, it has become an eyesore of the city. The entire stretch of the river is about 84 kms the moment the river enters the Chennai city it gets polluted. In Chennai parlance, the other name for gutter is Coo um and vice-versa. This is a sad part for a river which has had a glorious past.
This is the third time that the government has come up with an action plan to clean up the river on the lines of Singapore river . As per the plan, it would take at least a decade to complete the project.
