Desilting works set to commence in Tiruchi
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TIRUCHI
The Public Works Department is all set to commence desilting of irrigation canals and drainage channels in Tiruchi, Karur and Ariyalur districts over the next few days.
According to sources in the department, 106 works are to be taken up under the initiative in the three districts this year at a total outlay of ₹14.25 crore.
But for a couple of works on irrigation canals in Tiruchi district and three in Ariyalur district, most of other works involved clearing the silt from drainage channels in the three districts.
While the works on the clearing the silt from the irrigation canals will be completed in time for the release of water from Mettur dam (normally opened on June 12), the works on drainages would be completed well before the onset of monsoon and water flow in them, a senior official of the department told The Hindu. The official discounted the possibility of the works being affected by the lockdown as most of them are to be carried out using machines.