More than 500 works related to cleaning, improving and increasing the depth of channels and drains are planned in Thiruvananthapuram City in the framework of monsoon cleaning of corporation, irrigation department and public works department.
While the company’s hygienists will take care of a good number of drains, a smaller and main irrigation department is mostly engaged in channels.
According to officials of the corporation, the civic body assigned 1.25 ₹ Lakh to the department for cleaning drainage in the initial phase.
Intermittent cleaning
“This year, the Corporation Early in Repent Years Shifted from the Old Model of Annual Cleaning to Internal Cleaning in Such Areas to SUM. Prevent Flooding Due To Unseassonal Rain.
According to the main clerk of the irrigation department, work is currently underway in some major channels, while for proposals for some other sanctions.
“Currently, cleaning and stuffy work for Amayizhanjan canal, the Ulloor Canal and Pattom channel. The channel, because the narrowing of the channel in the campus has led to the floods in the region in recent years,” the irrigation official said.
Shutter Bridge
During the heavy rain, the Pattom Canal maintenance work was in the Lisnmoola canal, which was the cause of flooding in these parts in these parts, demolished as part of the ongoing maintenance works of minor irrigation. A large amount of waste flowing through the channel during the rain is used to capture the shutter bridge, causing floods in the area. The ongoing work in the Pattom channel, within the project 4,83 GBP Crore in the state budget 2021-22, is currently in the final phase.
Published – April 20, 2025 9:16
