# Cooum and Adyar rivers will be restored to control pollution

- ID: P08-B-09#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p08-b-09-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p08-b-09-1)
- Pillar: 8. Healthcare and Environment
- Section: B. Protecting Tamil Nadu's Future: Environmental, Forest, and Climate Change Concerns
- Manifesto page: 77
- Stage: First steps (Work started, a pilot, or a small start)
- Last recorded: 22 Sep 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

The Cooum and Adyar rivers in Chennai will be restored through a mission-mode approach to ensure ecological revival and pollution control.

## Where it stands

First steps taken on 27 Jul 2026.

The government began restoration and dredging work on segments of the Cooum and Adyar rivers.

**So far:** Dredging and restoration work on a 3 km pilot stretch of the Cooum River.

**Not yet seen:** Full-scale restoration across the entire length of both rivers is currently in the planning phase.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 22 Sep 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22576: The government is preparing a Detailed Project Report (Dpr) and global tenders for the Cooum River Restoration Project, starting with a 3 km pilot stretch featuring walkways and cycle paths. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.715-Hon_ble_CM_Press_Release_-_Cooum_River_Restoration_Review_Meeting_-Date_22.09.2026.pdf))
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 57: The government will invite global tenders and prepare a Detailed Feasibility Report and Detailed Project Report to restore and transform the Cooum and Adyar rivers. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=57))
- 28 Jul 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22231: The government commenced the work of desilting and restoring the Adyar River area in Manapakkam village, Alandur taluk, Chennai district. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.453-Hon_ble_RD___WRD_Minister-Press_Release_-Date_28.07.2026.pdf))
- 27 Jul 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22223: The Minister for Rural Development and Water Resources inaugurated the dredging and restoration work of the Cooum River near Padikuppam, Amaindakarai Taluk, Chennai. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.446-Hon_ble_RD___WRD_Minister-Press_Release-Date_27.07.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.