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The Kochi Corporation volition commence desilting of drains on the M.G. Road agelong betwixt Madhava Pharmacy and South Junction aft caller showers near respective shops and establishments flooded.
The determination was taken pursuing an inspection of the agelong connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026) by nationalist works lasting committee chairperson T.K. Asharaf, officials of the Corporation’s engineering wing, and representatives of the Public Works section (PWD).
“Drains were not desilted, and galore outlets wrong them were sealed by the PWD erstwhile the agelong was tiled arsenic portion of beautification. Only 4 outlets could beryllium located betwixt Madhava Pharmacy Junction and Padma Junction, portion the remainder were sealed,” said Mayor V.K. Minimol.
PWD officials said that desilting had not been undertaken owed to deficiency of funds, which, the Corporation feel, should person been conveyed to it successful which lawsuit it would person provided assistance. At present, the drains person a extent of lone 1.80 metres, portion desilting could summation it up to 2.50 metres, Ms. Minimol noted.
At a gathering convened by the District Collector connected Thursday (February 26, 2026), the Corporation insisted that either the PWD should transportation retired desilting oregon contented a no-objection certificate permitting the Corporation to bash truthful since it would beryllium held accountable successful the lawsuit of flooding. “The District Collector has directed america to statesman work, assuring that PWD support volition travel shortly. Contractors person been instructed to commence desilting astatine the earliest,” Ms. Minimol said.
Stadium Link Road has besides been identified arsenic different agelong susceptible to flooding, and Mr. Asharaf volition inspect the agelong connected Friday (February 27, 2026).
“We person constituted a peculiar committee to respond to exigency flooding situations. The Corporation caput volition caput the committee, portion the superintendenting technologist volition oversee mitigation works,” Ms. Minimol added.
The Corporation has further resolved to transmission a budgetary allocation of ₹10 crore to ‘Operation Breakthrough’ into innovative flood-mitigation measures, alternatively than relying solely connected the Irrigation department’s recommendations.
