Summary:
The PWD should take up appropriate steps to clear the canals and inlet channels in order to ensure that water flowed to the tail-end. All works taken up under the kudimaramathu scheme should be expedited and completed in time for the water release. Hence, steps should be taken to ensure that water was stored to the maximum capacity in all system tanks linked to the irrigation canals in the district. InspectionThe monitoring officers and zonal officers will inspect the works under way and also ensure that the canals are cleared of impediments, Mr.Annadurai said. All local bodies have also been instructed to make removal of garbage dumped along canals their top priority..