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The Irrigation section volition restart dredging works successful Korapuzha river.
The determination was taken astatine a gathering chaired by District Collector M.S. Madhavikutty and attended by MLAs Vidya Balakrishnan, K. Praveen Kumar, and different officials.
The dredging enactment was halted pursuing wide protests successful February 2026. Residents and governmental parties had alleged that soil was being illegally extracted nether the pretext of dredging to region accumulated silt and sediments from the Korapuzha river.
Ms. Balakrishnan said the enactment would resume aft taking the protesters and residents into confidence. The gathering decided that the enactment would recommence from the Korapuzha railway span side. Silt and sediment from an archetypal 1-km agelong would beryllium removed initially. Dredging on the Korapuzha estuary would beryllium resumed astatine a aboriginal stage.
The dredging work, being carried retired nether the aegis of the Irrigation Department, covers the agelong betwixt the Korapuzha estuary and the Korapuzha railway bridge. The project, which began successful 2022, aims to region astir 2 lakh cubic metres of silt and sediment to guarantee the creaseless travel of h2o into the sea. The accumulation of silt and soil has hindered the question of sportfishing boats and caused flooding successful adjacent areas by reducing the river’s flow.
The dredging is being carried retired to a extent of 3.5 metres beneath oversea level, implicit a width of 100 to 140 metres, on a 1,600-metre agelong eastbound of the estuary.
