More than 40% of the work to rejuvenate the twin lakes — Kazhinjur and Dharapadavedu — near Katpadi town in Vellore has been completed, officials of the Water Resources Department (WRD) said on Tuesday.
Accompanied by Collector P. Kumaravel Pandian, Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan on Tuesday inspected the ongoing work. “The work will help store excess rainwater during monsoon. It will be completed by March next year,” R. Ramkumar, Assistant Engineer (AE), PWD (Katpadi), told The Hindu.
