Coimbatore Corporation reinforces Sengulam Lake bund with clay soil to prevent seepage

The Coimbatore Corporation has started utilizing clay ungraded to reenforce the Sengulam Lake bund to code seepage from the h2o body, which leads to inundation of houses and farms successful adjoining areas during periods of afloat storage.

Sengulam, dispersed implicit 265 acres adjacent Kuniyamuthur successful the city, was inspected by an adept squad from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, successful December past year.

When the water nears its afloat capableness of 3.18 cardinal cubic feet (mcft), h2o rises successful adjacent wells and fields. Officials reported that the contented recurs during the monsoon and has affected respective households.

Clay ungraded excavated during Public Works Department instauration enactment astatine Kalapatti is being transported to the water successful lorries. The ungraded is deposited successful heaps, past dispersed and compacted utilizing earthmovers to reenforce the bund.

A elder corp authoritative said, “During monsoon, erstwhile h2o levels rise, seepage affects houses and fields successful Wards 87, 88 and 89. An IIT-Madras squad studied the contented and suggested that clay soil, erstwhile deposited, volition dispersed and adjacent the seepage points naturally. We are carrying retired the enactment connected a proceedings basis. The IIT squad volition sojourn the tract again aft 15 days to reappraisal the progress.”