With just about a couple of weeks left for the southwest monsoon to set in over the region, the Kottayam district administration has expedited the preparatory works for flood risk management.
According to officials, a meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), convened by District Collector P.K. Jayasree recently, directed the Irrigation department to e-auction the silt removed from rivers on a war footing.
The move comes in the wake of a government order to prevent silt, which is currently kept on the riverbanks, from returning to the waterbody once the monsoon sets in.
