Muktsar spending Rs 39 crore on cleaning drains this year

After suffering a huge loss due to floods in August last year, mainly because of choked drains, nearly `39 crore will be spent on cleaning the main and link drains in the district.

After suffering a huge loss due to floods in August last year, mainly because of choked drains, nearly `39 crore will be spent on cleaning the main and link drains in the district.

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"The 36-km Chandbhan drain has been cleaned for the first time since it was dug up in 1961 at a cost of `18 crore. Besides, its banks have also been levelled," said Muktsar deputy commissioner Jaskiran Singh.

Over `28 crore is being spent to clean the main drains while another `11 crore is being spent to clean other link drains of 590-km length in the district, the DC added.

"The work is going on at a fast pace and will be completed before the monsoon season sets in," the DC added.