The Sangam-era Tamil poetic work, Pattinappaalai, describes the Cauvery as an eternal river. “ Vaan poithinam thaan poiyya malai kalaya kadarkaaveri ponal parandhu pon kolikkum ” goes a line.

The Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT), which undertook the Adyar project, will restore the 12 major waterbodies across Tamil Nadu, he said, replying to a query by DMK MLA M. Varalakshmi ...