Aimed at reviving the Meenachil River Valley project, the State government has initiated steps to conduct a study to ascertain the obstructions to the free flow of water in the Meenachil river.

Obstruction to Adyar flow cleared ... Huge pillars that supported the bridge obstructed the free flow of water. After removing them, the river’s width has increased from 45 metres to 130 metres now.

The State Irrigation Department has asked the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and other agencies to remove obstructions in Nag River in the downstream stretch to increase its carrying capacity ...

The department will survey the natural flow of Nag River in the year especially during monsoon. The survey will also focus on a 1,000 metre area along the banks of the river.

This in turn disrupted the flow of water from the 27 swamps through the river, connected by 21 vent sluice-gates on Boyarhat Canal, around three kilometers from the river.

There was obstruction to the flow and we are getting it removed. Machines were also deployed by the RRTS project agency for our help,” said Sanjay Singh, executive-engineer from UPID.

Rawat informed that many efforts have been made so far to remove encroachments in the flow and catchment area of Ramgarh Dam. To date, obstructions and encroachments have been identified and ...