The desilting work of the 6.5 km channel had been taken up jointly by the PWD and Athoor Pattadhar Association at an estimated cost of Rs 6.8 lakh under the MGNREG scheme.
With accumulation of silt and rapid growth of weeds and seemai karuvelam, flow in the channel was poor.
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