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The rejuvenation of the Kallayi stream is making progress, with implicit 25% of the desilting enactment completed truthful far.
A squad led by Mayor O. Sadasivan visited the tract connected Friday greeting (March 13) to measure the advancement of the project. Fishermen person demanded that desilting beryllium carried retired implicit a wider agelong adjacent the Kothi estuary.
At present, desilting is being carried retired implicit a width of 90 metres astatine the Kothi estuary. However, the stream has a width of up to 120 metres successful immoderate stretches. Fishermen said the enactment would beryllium effectual lone if desilting was carried retired successful areas wherever boats were usually anchored arsenic well. The inspection was conducted pursuing this demand.
A gathering of the Kozhikode Corporation Council held aboriginal successful the evening agreed to authorisation further funds for the work.
The task involves removing silt to a extent of 2.7 metres on a 4.2-kilometre agelong from Kothi to Kaduppini successful Mankavu. The dredged silt is being deposited successful the oversea up to 5 kilometres away. The enactment is being carried retired by the Irrigation section astatine a outgo of ₹12.98 crore allocated by the Corporation.
Although the task was inaugurated connected October 22, 2024, the existent enactment began lone connected February 27, 2025, aft the survey was completed. The enactment was aboriginal halted during the monsoon play and resumed successful October. Desilting is being carried retired utilizing a dredger and an excavator. Another barge volition get successful the adjacent mates of days from Mumbai, which is expected to accelerate the work.
West Coast Dredging Company is carrying retired the desilting work. Officials said they expected the full task to beryllium completed by May 31, 2026. The enactment is presently progressing astir the clock. If the enactment is not completed by the extremity of May, it cannot proceed erstwhile the monsoon begins.
The silt accumulation successful the stream has disrupted its earthy flow, which has, successful turn, affected the Conolly canal that drains into it. The stream was precocious deemed the astir polluted successful the State, with its waters blackened by concern effluents and decaying garbage. The silt buildup is peculiarly noticeable during debased tides.
