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Located in the South Indian peninsula, Coimbatore is
nestled at the foothills of the western ghats along the
Noyall Valley, and spans on either side of the river.
Famous for its historic cascading lake-system, built by
the Chola rulers, these are unique engineering marvels
that help to capture the rainwater flowing from the hills
to the river, but also prevents flooding, by having
overflows connected to the lakes downstream and then
back to the river.
Coimbatore was one of the first 20 shortlisted cities to
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be inducted in the City challenge of the Smart City H Historical Lake System by Cholas
program of the Government of India.
The whole Eco-restoration of the Lakes project was
envisaged as a connected, ecological, public realm
corridor; a thread which links the entire city through the
Pearls of lakes system built by the Cholas.
Our team won the invited design competition for this
Area based development project. Currently, this 1000-
acre project is underway, being rolled out at site in
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