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PERNEM: Tillari canal passing through the Torxem village is leaking and causing wastage of thousand of litres of water at Torxem.
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The local farmers claim that the leakage is due to the bad quality of work carried out by the contractor.
When the Water Resource Department learnt about it, the department officials installed plastic sheets to prevent water from leaking. However, the water still continues to leak depriving many people of regular water to their agriculture farms,” the farmers said.
Local farmers have appealed to the State government to either repair the canal or to install a new pipeline. They said that the canal has been damaged at various places resulting in wastage of large amount of water. They also said that the purpose of canal is not being fulfilled since the water is not reaching the plantations, where it is required the most.
“The purpose of this canal was to provide water to the farmers but the quality of work was of low standard due to which the canal is leaking. If this continues, it will also be dangerous for the houses located close to the canal. The WRD has tried to cover up this substandard work by installing plastic sheets in the canal,” Shivram Parab, a farmer, said.
“This canal project was taken up only to benefit the contractor who did not use proper concrete material but instead put up a layer of cement mix directly on the soil,” alleged a local Umesh Gad.
