Man-made islands for local migratory birds, boating and tiled walking track for visitors in the twin lakes - Kazhinjur and Dharapadavedu — near Katpadi town in Vellore will be ready in six month as more than 55% of the total work has been completed.
Accompanied by Deputy Mayor M. Sunil Kumar, Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan on Sunday inspected the work, which was started in December 2022 by the Water Resources Department (WRD) that maintains the twin irrigation tanks.
With the withdrawal of northeast monsoon in the coming days, the work might be fast tracked due to decline in groundwater level around the lakes. It would help ongoing desilting and deepening of the waterbodies much faster. “The lakes help to recharge the groundwater covering at least 8-10 villages in its surroundings. Most of these areas are farming villages,” R. Ramkumar, Assistant Engineer (AE), PWD (Katpadi), told The Hindu.
