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To forestall indiscriminate dumping of discarded into the historical 742-year-old Kalingarayan Canal, the Water Resources Department (WRD) has installed railings astatine 3 locations successful the city.
Originating from the close broadside of the Kalingarayan anicut astatine Mettunasuvampalayam successful Bhavani, the canal runs for 91.10 km, irrigating 15,743 acres successful the territory earlier joining River Noyyal astatine Kodumudi. Over the years, discharge of effluents from textile processing units and the dumping of household, poultry, and integrative discarded person severely polluted the canal, diminishing its ecological and humanities significance.
Although a babe canal was constructed on the main transmission to transportation concern effluents, dumping successful the main canal continued unabated. To curb this, the WRD has present installed railings with gates astatine K.A.S. Nagar, Kuilan Thoppu, and Vendipalayam, locations identified arsenic large dumping points.
“Tractors, bullock carts, and two-wheelers were earlier utilized to transport and dump discarded into the canal. The caller railings forestall vehicles from reaching the canal,” a WRD authoritative said. The gates person been locked to restrict vehicular access. The authoritative added that the section was taking respective steps to forestall contamination and sought practice from the nationalist and farmers to assistance reconstruct the canal’s past glory.
