Tender for restoration of remaining stretch of Mullassery Canal to open this week

The Minor Irrigation section is exploring the restoration of the remaining 175-metre agelong of the Mullassery Canal nether ‘Operation Breakthrough’ wrong six months, adjacent arsenic the tender for the ₹4.80-crore task utilizing pre-cast exertion is acceptable to beryllium opened connected March 12.

Of the canal’s full 829-metre length, the agelong up to Chittoor Road was restored past September utilizing the cast-in-situ method, successful which factual structures are formed on-site. With the task already facing important delays, the section has chosen pre-cast exertion to forestall further setbacks and prolonged roadworthy closures. Under this method, factual structures volition beryllium formed off-site and transported for contiguous installation, eliminating extended excavation.

“The remaining agelong volition beryllium restored successful 3 phases—from Chittoor Road to M.G. Road, crossed M.G. Road adjacent the metro pillar, and the last 34 metres on A.K. Seshadri Road. Road blockages volition beryllium minimal, and the excavated sections volition beryllium restored with interlocking tiles,” said section sources.

The pending information has been treated arsenic a abstracted project, with administrative and method sanctions secured earlier issuing the tender. This was indispensable due to the fact that the earlier contractor utilized the cast-in-situ method, portion the remaining agelong volition beryllium executed with pre-cast technology.

The fortified pre-cast factual structures impact higher costs, which, on with complaint revisions, person been included successful the estimate. The calculation besides factors successful savings from earlier work. Of the full task outgo of ₹12 crore, astir ₹8 crore worthy of enactment has already been completed. The afloat payment of the Mullassery Canal restoration successful preventing inundation volition beryllium realised lone aft the remaining agelong is completed, which is important for ensuring creaseless h2o flow.

The task has already faced inordinate delays, drafting repeated rebukes from the Kerala High Court. Last February, the tribunal directed authorities to implicit the restoration wrong 3 months. A gathering chaired by past politician M. Anilkumar, attended by the District Collector, besides reviewed Operation Breakthrough, a flagship inaugural addressing waterlogging successful Kochi, and issued an ultimatum to the Irrigation section to decorativeness the canal work.