Kiran Bedi praises Karaikal officials

District Collector has done some transformative desilting work, says L-G

November 02, 2019 11:38 pm | Updated November 03, 2019 02:45 pm IST - PUDUCHERRY

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi inspecting waterbodies in Karaikal

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi inspecting waterbodies in Karaikal

Praising Karaikal district administration, Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Saturday said the desilting and revival of waterbodies have resulted in increase of water table by 10 feet in three months.

In a WhatsApp message sent to the media after touring Karaikal, the Lt. Governor said under the Corporate Social Responsibility programme, the administration had desilted 178 ponds and cleaned up 800 km of canals in Karaikal.

“The Collectorate has done an amazing transformative work in making Karaikal water rich by creative, cost-effective and collaborative ways. District Collector Vikrant Raja and his team involved public sector units and local community in rejuvenating scores of lost ponds and channels,” Ms. Bedi said. The district administration was now making a standard operating procedure to maintain the waterbodies.

The donors would adopt the ponds for taking up regular cleaning up.

The administration was planning to launch a major programme to increase the forest cover in Karaikal. Raj Nivas would organise a function to recognise the good work done by donors in rejuvenating waterbodies in Karaikal and Puducherry, Ms. Bedi added.

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