Kolkata, Jun 19 (UNI) To prevent the kind of floods that caused huge damage to farmlands, houses and people in Howrah district last year due the DVC’s unannounced release of water, the West Bengal Government has started the repair and renovation of canals in the district.
The regions of Udaynarayanpur and Amta were specially affected. Hence, the blocks of Amta-1, Amta-2 and Udaynarayanpur are being given stress on. The renovation and repair of canals would cost an estimated Rs 30 crore.
The idea is to enable the flow of water from the Damodar to the Rupnarayan via these canals – about 30 to 35 thousand cusecs of water.
Hence, water would not overflow the banks of the Damodar and life and property would be saved.
The filling up of the canals will serve another purpose too – vast areas of cropland would get water throughout the year.
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