“Water Bodies Exnora” becomes “Neer Exnora”
With experience in handling solid waste management and Civic discipline for around 3 decades, Mr M B Nirmal, Chairman and Founder of Exnora launched the Water Bodies Exnora in 2006 with support and guidance from Anna University. What was started as a branch of Exnora International to cater to the needs of monsoon for Chennai city has fully blossomed into a statewide organisation under the banner of “Neer Exnora”.

‘Water Bodies Exnora’ played a primary role in protecting Water Bodies in and around Chennai city. Major achievements of Water Bodies Exnora within a short span of one year are as follows: (Click on the images to view larger image)

Before	After	Before	After
Restoration of community Drinking water pond by Kovalam Youth Exnora		Restoration of Pammal tank with public and private partnership
Sholinganallur shallow tank converted to a huge lake with the help of Private and NGO participation		Madambakkam lake restoration with the help of NABARD
Desilting of 13 ponds on the hill slopes for rain catchment in the Vellore hill		Removal of encroachment from Porur lake with the help of government

The lakes were being polluted by dumping garbage, sewage and encroached everywhere. Water Bodies Exnora intervened and motivated the local residents to reverse the trend and clean up the waterbodies in a matter of weeks.

“Neer Exnora” is a Voluntary Organization promoted by ExNoRa International with a direct focus on “Water”, its “Collection or Harvesting”, “Storage”, “Drainage” and “Recycling” in order to protect, promote and expand the Water Bodies Infrastructure ( Neer Nilai Aadhrangal) in Tamil Nadu.