Rochor River

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Rochor River

The Rochor River (Chinese:梧槽河, Malay Sungei Rochor), and emerged in the 1830s Rochor Canal (Chinese:梧槽沟渠) is a flow channel system, especially in so-called. Planning areas ( planning area ) Bukit Timah , Rochor and Kallang in the central region of Singapore .

River course and name

The source of the Rochor River and Rochor Canal system is given in Bukit Timah near the Beauty World MRT stop; the course of the river (or the canal) then goes east to Rochor and Kallang , where the river at the Merdeka Bridge - together with the Kallang River - flows into the Kallang Basin (part of the Marina Reservoir and Marina Bay ).

In the past, the river was often regulated and expanded by canals to control the flooding in Bukit Timah. While the lower course is undisputedly called Rochor River, the name Rochor Canal or - even more upstream - Bukit Timah Canal is used upstream of the Victoria Bridge, as can be found on various maps. The canal has been cleaned and renovated many times. Because this did not help, two additional relief canals were built as part of the Bukit Timah Flood Alleviation Scheme (BTFAS) of PUB Singapore's National Water Agency (from the 1960s): the Bukit Timah First Diversion Canal (1966–1972, 3.2 km behind Pandan Reservoir) and the Bukit Timah Second Diversion Canal (1990s, 4.4 km long, to Kallang Basin). Some of them run underground in tunnels.

history

The Rochor Canal, established in the 1830s, encouraged the cattle trade in Little India . The pastures where the buffalo grazed and where they were traded were fed with its water. Today's wet market Tekka Center (also Tekka Market) was called Kandang Kerbau Market (“KK Market”) when it opened in 1915, where “kerbau” in Malay means something like “cattle pen”. In addition to cattle breeding, operations such as slaughterhouses, milk dealers and the like emerged in this area, known as Kampong Kerbau ("Buffalo Village", for example cattle village in Malay). In the 1880s, ox and cow stables, as well as pony and horse stables, were found throughout the district. Cattle breeding reached its peak around 1900.

The river (and canal) used to be an important waterway for the timber industry, and there were many sawmills and timber factories on its banks. Tree trunks from Indonesia and Malaysia were continuously transported to them.

Canal redesign 2011–2015

Rochor Canal 2006 before renovation

In 2011, the water authority PUB - Singapore's National Water Agency decided to redesign a 1.1 km long section of the Rochor Canal, which was particularly dilapidated. This renovation was carried out as part of the “Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters program” (ABC Water program); the cost was estimated at S $ 48 million. The aim was to create an attractive stretch of river with an urban boulevard, promenades, pedestrian bridges, terraces, several gardens and a community area. The new section, which replaced the old unsanitary sewer system, was officially opened on March 8, 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Rochor Canal as a Historic Waterway , Category Heritage Places, Privatweb Ghetto Singapore, online at: www.ghettosingapore.com / ...
  2. ↑ Aircon Servicing in Kallang , short notes on rivers in Kallang, online at: airconservicingsingapore.com / ...
  3. ↑ a b c Kampongs in Bukit Timah , in: Bukit Timah Heritage Trail , page 28, a documentation of the state National Heritage Board, online at: roots.sg/...booklet_r6_fa
  4. ↑ a b Tan Yong Soon et al .: Clean, Green and Blue: Singapore's Journey Towards Environmental and Water Sustainability , publication by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 2009, page 206ff., Online at: books.google.de/ .. .
  5. ↑ [ untitled ], message from PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency dated November 30, 2017, online at: facebook.com/PUBsg / ...
  6. ↑ Bukit Timah drainage project almost done , in: The Straits Times, September 23, 2018, online at: straitstimes.com / ...
  7. ↑ Little India , Uniquely Singapore, website of the state-owned Singapore Tourism Board, online (archived) at: web.archive.org /.../ www.visitsingapore.com / ...
  8. ^ History of the Serangoon Area. The cattle trade and related cottage industries , in: The Little India Heritage Trail , page 7ff., A documentation from the state National Heritage Board, online at: roots.sg/...booklet_2018
  9. ↑ Rochor River and Kallang River , website of the state's National Heritage Board, online at: roots.sg / ...
  10. ↑ New 'riverfront' project launched at Rochor Canal , an international media website, online at: eco-business.com / ...
  11. ↑ Redefining Rochor Canal , report on the architecture office "Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl Asia" (responsible for the redesign of the K Canal) on Indesignlive (an international website for design and architecture), online at: indesignlive.sg / ...
  12. ↑ Where old meets new at Rochor Canal , press release from PUB - Singapore's National Water Agency, an institution of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, online at: facebook.com/notes/pub / ...

Coordinates: 1 ° 18 ′ 19 ″  N , 103 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  E