CHENNAI: A PWD canal along the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam radial road which was about 15 feet wide years ago has now shrunk to a width of five feet. Activists fear that the PWD is reducing the width of the canal to match the width of the canal opposite the road, which is fully encroached.
Civic activist David Manohar, who lives in Pallavaram, said the canal has been traditionally wide and is one of the main carriers of flood water to the Keelkattalai lake. “The surrounding areas were flooded in recent times because the canal had shrunk in size,” he said.
