Water Resources Department aims to complete desilting work by month end
The Water Resources Department has nearly completed its special desilting work in the Tiruchi region, with 80% of the project finished. The initiative covers 12 districts and aims to enhance water management in key basins. Officials expect to finalize the remaining tasks by the end of May, with some spillover into early June if necessary.
- ▪The desilting project encompasses 959 works over a total length of 4,972 km at an estimated cost of ₹100 crore.
- ▪As of May 22, 764 works covering 4,446 km have been completed.
- ▪The department has increased machine deployment to expedite the work and address previous waterlogging issues.
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The Water Resources Department (WRD) has completed nearly 80% of the work taken up under the special desilting work this year in the Tiruchi region covering 12 districts, including the Cauvery delta. The department is planning to complete the work by the end of May.The department had taken up 959 works, covering a total length of 4,972 km, at an estimated cost of ₹100 crore, covering the Cauvery, the Cauvery East, the Vennar, the Grand Anicut, and the Agniyar Basin Divisions in the region.“We have completed 764 works, covering 4,446 km, as on May 22 and the remaining works are targeted to be completed by the end of this month. Even if there is some spillover we will complete them by the first week of June,” S.
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