The Deputy Commissioner of Mandya, Kumar, directed officials in the district to take appropriate measures to stop the flow of untreated sewage into the Cauvery river.
He chaired a meeting in Mandya on Monday (November 24) after the Upalokayukta filed a suo motu case upon observing that wastewater from the town has been flowing into the Cauvery near the Wellesley Bridge in Srirangapatna.
Dr. Kumar said that a committee has been constituted and accorded the responsibility of constructing a barrier across the the river near Wellesley Bridge point so that sewage does not enter it.
He noted that sewage from Srirangapatna town flows from Rampal Road in the northern part towards Chikkahole (water gate), runs alongside agricultural land, and then reaches Wellesley Bridge from Biddakote before eventually entering the Cauvery.
‘’A barrier near the water gate at Wellesley Bridge can help prevent this contaminated water from mixing with the river,’’ he added.
