KOLKATA: The state irrigation department is in the final stages of completing surveying Bagjola and Kestopur canals and is preparing the blueprint on how the two canals will be thoroughly revamped to optimise their stormwater retaining and draining capacity.
Full-fledged desilting and dredging work of the two canals is scheduled to start in December.
“The survey is almost complete and data verification is on to decide on the revamp process, like how the dredging work will be conducted, how much earth cutting and excavation is to be done and so on,” said a senior irrigation department official.
A plan has already been approved by the Central Water Commission to upgrade the present 1,650 cusec discharge capacity pump house at Kulti outfall off Bagjola canal into a 4,000 cusec pump house. All stakeholders including the irrigation department, NKDA, Hidco, KMDA, along with Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and South Dum Dum Municipality are being involved in revamping Bagjola and Kestopur canals before the next monsoon.
