CM Vijay holds meeting on removal of silt from waterbodies

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay connected Wednesday chaired a reappraisal gathering astatine the Secretariat successful Chennai with Ministers and officials regarding the assistance of support to region silt from waterbodies for the payment of farmers and potters.

According to an authoritative release, determination are 40,000 lakes and ponds successful Tamil Nadu nether the power of the Water Resources, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Departments. Before the onset of the northeast monsoon, the silt deposited successful these waterbodies volition beryllium removed and provided escaped of outgo to farmers, potters, and for home use. This volition besides assistance summation the retention capableness of waterbodies.

Farmers and potters person been asked to marque usage of this accidental and region the silt escaped of outgo nether the supervision of officials of the acrophobic departments. They tin registry and use done tnesevai.tn.gov.in, and support volition beryllium granted by the acrophobic Tahsildars wrong 10 days of the application, the merchandise said.

District Collectors were asked to people the database of lakes and ponds for the twelvemonth 2026–2027 successful the territory gazette to guarantee the effectual implementation of the scheme. They were besides instructed to show the implementation successful accordance with existing rules and guidelines.

Minister for Rural Development and Water Resources N. Anand, Minister for Finance K.A. Sengottaiyan, Chief Secretary M. Sai Jumar, and different elder authorities officials were contiguous during the meeting.