Plea to remove encroachments from Utchimedu tank in Puducherry

Bangaru Vaickal Neeradhara Koottamaippu, a water users’ association, has urged the Puducherry government to take immediate steps to protect the Utchimedu tank in Bahour, and remove encroachments from it.

In a letter addressed to Lt. Governor K. Kailashnathan, president of the association V. Chandrasekhar said the main supply channel of the Utchimedu tank had been encroached and filled with red laterite soil. Though this has been brought to the attention of officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) and the Bahour Commune Panchayat, no action has been taken yet.