The Hindu 30.10.2014
Pudukottai municipality draws up plan for drains
The Pudukottai municipality has drafted a plan to ensure
proper maintenance and upkeep of drains built by the erstwhile
‘samasthanam’ in various parts of the town.
The
clearing of the silt in the channels is aimed at preventing
water-logging in the residential areas, according to municipal
officials.
It would help control the mosquito menace in the town. Already, the municipality had executed work on dredging major tanks.
Of
the 32 tanks, dredging had been completed on 28 tanks. Dredging on the
tanks ensured maximum harvesting of the rainwater during the course of
the northeast monsoon.
The town accounted for 60 km
of drainage channels of which channels to a cumulative length of 58 km
had been cleared of silt for ensuring free flow of flood water. The
municipality had identified flood-prone areas based on the past three
years’ data and had intensified the dredging operation at a few colonies
such as Nizam Colony, Kamarajapuram, Malaiyeedu, and Koodal Nagar.
“In
case of heavy rain, the residents in these areas will be evacuated and
accommodated in the nearby municipal schools,” official source told
The Hindu
here on Wednesday.
C. Vijaya Baskar, Minister for
Health, inspected the dredging work being executed in the town and
advised the municipal and public health officials to ensure proper
upkeep of the channels. He inspected the Periya Vaikkal which runs to a
length of 2 km in the town.