LET'S NOT MESS IT UP

Frequent flash floods have been making lives difficult in the city. To mitigate the situation, a ₹200-crore project is in the pipeline

- SHAINU MOHAN

To address recurring flooding in the district, the state government has submitted a detailed project report (DPR) for an urban flood management project in the capital. According to official sources, the DPR has been submitted by the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). NDMA has sanctioned a project worth ₹200 crore to develop integrated solutions to combat urban flooding in Thiruvananthapuram.

The new project focuses on devising a comprehensive strategy to mitigate the impact of urban flooding in the city, which witnessed multiple incidents of waterlogging in the past couple of years.

The DPR has been prepared based on the proposals submitted by multiple government departments, including major and minor irrigation departments, the public works department and the corporation.

The irrigation department, the custodian of the major canal networks within the city limits, has submitted proposals worth ₹100 crore. NDMA will sanction ₹150 crore and the state government will have to chip in with the remaining ₹50 crore for executing the project.