The Irrigation department has already embarked on the fourth phase of Operation Breakthrough, the anti-flooding project in the city, even as the renovation of the Mullassery canal included in the third phase of the project is progressing.
Three works have been identified under the fourth phase. One of the works is a 900-metre canal from the Ernakulam Junction (South) railway station directly to the backwaters along Jos Junction, Durbar Hall ground, Siva Temple, and Rajendra Maidan accounting for at least 50% of the floodwater around the station. The proposal has received in-principle approval.
This is likely to resolve the existing issue of floodwater from Jos Junction reaching the Ernakulam Junction railway station and then flowing through the Vivekananda Thodu to reach the Mullassery canal. The new proposal is likely to address the issue.
