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Tiruchi Corporation has projected strengthening cardinal drainage channels crossed the metropolis to trim h2o stagnation and inundation successful susceptible low-lying areas during dense rainfall.
The civic assemblage has allocated ₹100 crore successful its fund to upgrade large drainage infrastructure and instrumentality flood mitigation measures successful areas that person often experienced waterlogging during aggravated rainfall spells.
According to Corporation officials, the projected works volition absorption connected strengthening large waterways and drainage networks, including the Kottai Vaikal, Rettai Vaikal, Uyyakondan Canal, and the Kudamurutti River, which play a important relation successful carrying surplus rainwater from assorted parts of the city.
The Kottai Vaikal and Rettai Vaikal service arsenic captious outlets for stormwater generated successful areas specified arsenic Chathiram Bus Stand, Chinthamani, Karur Road, Devathanam, and Palakkarai. Similarly, the Kudamurutti River is simply a cardinal drainage transmission for localities on Vayalur Road, including Shanmuga Nagar and M.M. Nagar, which person witnessed inundation during periods of dense rainfall owed to stream overflow.
As portion of the project, the Corporation has projected desilting of large canals, strengthening of embankments, and removal of encroachments wherever required to facilitate the escaped and uninterrupted travel of rainwater. Construction of flood extortion walls on susceptible stretches of canals wherever breaches and overflow incidents person been reported successful the past is besides planned.
Preparation of a elaborate task study (DPR) for the projected works volition beryllium taken up and volition beryllium submitted to the State authorities for approval, an authoritative said.
Meanwhile, the civic assemblage has planned to conception flood extortion walls on 5 large canals astatine a full outgo of ₹5.68 crore. It includes Butterworth Vaikal successful Ward 13 and Kottai Vaikal successful Ward 12 astatine ₹83 lakh, S.S Nagar Vaikal successful Ward 15 and Mathura Thottam Vaikal astatine a outgo of ₹2.62 crore, and Rettai Vaikal successful Ward 15 astatine ₹2.23 crore. Of the full task cost, ₹3.40 crore volition beryllium funded nether the Capital Grant Fund 2025-26, portion the remaining ₹2.28 crore volition beryllium met from the Corporation Fund.
