Monitoring officer inspects progress of works in Trichy
Trichy: Monitoring officer for Trichy district Alby John Varghese inspected the progress of various projects in the district on Friday. He also led a review meeting to urge to expedite the works for implementation.
Accompanied by collector M Pradeep Kumar and senior WRD officials, the monitoring officer saw the completion of desilting work in the drainage channel in Navalpattu village to restore the carrying capacity.
In Trichy district, around 343km of rivers, distributaries, and channels have been desilted at 16.7 crore. Collector Pradeep Kumar explained the irrigation system in the district and confirmed the completion of work.
Varghese also visited the integrated bus stand in Panjapur and learned about the completion of construction work. He urged to expedite the work to make the newly inaugurated bus stand functional.
The officials also visited Pirattiyur and saw the houses that people constructed by encroaching on the govt poramboke land. They discussed possible actions to clear the encroachments.
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