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more-inThe extensive de-silting of the Thevara-Perandoor canal that runs through the city will begin this week. Four segmentsThe 7.8 km-long-stretch of the canal will be divided into four segments for the cleaning work. Since the canal cleaning was to be implemented under Amrut scheme, the civic body desisted from assigning the work, fearing objection from auditors, she added. The project comes at a time when the civic body has drawn flak from the Kerala High Court for not effectively cleaning up the canal. Responding to the criticism, Ms.
Jain said the civic body had initiated the removal of floating weeds from the canal on two occasions..