Work speeded up to improve Thirumudivakkam channel that drains into Adyar river

As portion of its ongoing efforts to amended insignificant channels draining into Adyar river, the Water Resources Department (WRD) has accelerated enactment to reconstruct the Thirumudivakkam drain, targeting completion by February-end.

Nearly 85% of the enactment to amended the insignificant transmission has been completed truthful far. The channel, which collects floodwater from the section catchment areas downstream of Chembarambakkam reservoir, discharges into Adyar river. Like galore different insignificant channels, the Thirumudivakkam drain was besides heavy silted up and lacked well-defined banks.

The astir 3.4-km-long transmission originates adjacent Thirumidivakkam, passes done the concern portion and joins the stream adjacent Pazhanthandalam. The transmission mostly covers concern areas and processing neighbourhoods.

Officials of the WRD said inundation successful the adjoining areas was importantly reduced by addressing susceptible stretches of the transmission up of the Northeast Monsoon. Moreover, betterment works carried retired connected 2 different channels, the Malaipattu Somangalam drain and the Meenambakkam drain, helped heighten the carrying capableness during the monsoon.

Unit holders successful the Thirumudivakkam concern property said instances of waterlogging person declined successful caller years. Earlier, the country would get waterlogged whenever the transmission overflowed.

Residents, however, stressed that some Adyar stream and its insignificant channels indispensable beryllium prioritised for restoration during the summertime months. B. Saravanan, a nonmigratory of Thiruneermalai, said specified channels indispensable beryllium protected from unchecked urbanisation, and called for amended cleaning and attraction of the Adyar stream agelong adjacent Thiruneermalai.

The project, which slowed down owing to paucity of funds aft allocations nether Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust were allegedly suspended, resumed aft the State authorities precocious released funds.

While large portions of the ₹13.19 crore project, including strengthening of bund, person been completed, enactment is underway to desilt the transmission and conception a partition to demarcate its boundary. The channel’s carrying capableness has been accrued to 4,000 cubic feet per second, 3 times its existent capacity. Signboards and dumpsters would beryllium installed to forestall the dumping of coagulated discarded into the channel, officials said.