more-inDINDIGULA total of 50 kudimaramathu works will be taken up at an estimated cost of ₹4.5 crore in the district this year, according to Collector T.G. In a press release issued here on Tuesday, he said the district administration had been converging all line departments and local bodies for executing these works. The district administration had so far offered 6.80 lakh cubic metres of alluvial soil removed from waterbodies to farmers. Roughly, 9,070 tractor loads of alluvial soil had been lifted by them, he added. Already, desilting was over in 44 tanks, Dr. Vinay said, and advised the farmers to utilise the opportunity and enrich the surface soil in their farms.

Source: The Hindu June 27, 2017 13:41 UTC