Restoration sought for waterbodies affected by NHAI’s work in Kanniyakumari district

Over 25 tanks and tiny to mean sized irrigation channels person been affected crossed Kanniyakumari territory owed to the ongoing four-lane enactment being carried retired by the National Highways Authority of India.

Farmers person been raising repeated concerns astatine the monthly farmers grievance redressal meetings held astatine the territory Collectorate. They alleged operation materials dumped on the way person blocked respective insignificant channels, disrupting the h2o travel to cultivation lands

A fewer months ago, a petition was submitted by Kodhayar Irrigation System Project Committee to the territory administration, detailing the tanks, and channels affected during the 4 lane operation process successful Kanniyakumari districts.

A. Vins Anto of Kodhayar Irrigation System Project Committee said that the obstruction caused adjacent to tiny irrigation channels could impact the cultivation lands. He added, “Despite aggregate petitions submitted astatine assorted meetings, nary factual actions person been taken by the Water Resource Department (WRD).”

“Although the Collector has instructed the officials to guarantee that NHAI work, does not impact cultivation land, the issues continue,” helium said.

In the petition, the committee has submitted immoderate of the tanks and h2o channels affected successful the territory includes Thamaraikulam successful Kappukadu, Periyakulam successful Nattalam, Mampallikulam successful Mylode road, Irattaikulam successful Nelliyarkonam road, Naachiyarkulam successful Thottiyodu, Kuthiraipaanchankulam successful Thottiyodu and Purakulam successful Valukkamparai.

Water channels astatine the places included Adaikuzhi, Nattalam, Pattanam Kaalvai, Mambalthu Kaal, were immoderate of the channels damaged during the 4 lane work.

Mr. Anto has urged the authorities to instrumentality contiguous steps to reconstruct these h2o bodies and channels arsenic they play a pivotal relation successful agriculture successful the district.

However, a connection from the NHAI said that the contracting institution would commence the restoration of tanks to their archetypal condition. It added that a associated inspection volition beryllium conducted with representatives from the WRD, Kodhayar Irrigation System Project Committee, NHAI and the contracting company, and immoderate deficiencies observed during the inspection volition beryllium rectified.

It further noted that the contracting institution has restored 5 ponds arsenic of September and the remaining process would beryllium carried retired erstwhile the monsoon play is implicit and erstwhile the information of the ponds go favourable.