Deputy Commissioner of Mandya, Kumara has directed the officials to take up construction of safety barriers around Visvesvaraya canal and lakes in the district to prevent accidents and loss of lives.
Chairing a meeting of officials from different departments including Public Works in Mandya on Saturday to discuss the road safety measures around water bodies like the irrigation canals and lakes in the district, Mr Kumara expressed concern over the increasing accidents taking place in the Visvesvaraya canal area in the district and the safety measures needed to prevent such mishaps.
There was a hue and cry against the unsafe roads passing by the Visvesvaraya canal in the district after a car plunged into Visvesvaraya canal at Banaghatta on Pandavapura-Nagamangala road on the evening of November 5, drowning all the five occupants of the vehicle. Similiarly, four women had died when their car had veered off the road in Gamanahalli in Srirangapatna before plunging into the the water body on July 29.
