The Government of Tamil Nadu ordered the appointment of eight IAS officers to monitor desilting works in Cauvery river canals to be taken up along the Tiruchy region. They have sanctioned about 6,290.50 crores to take up 589 desilting works.
The officers appointed to monitor the work are:
- Pradeep Yadav, Principal Secretary, Managing Director of CMRL, has been appointed to monitor the works in Thanjavur.
- Dr. K Gopal, Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries Department, in Tiruvarur.
- Apoorva, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, in Nagapattinam.
- R Kirlosh Kumar, Managing Director, TN Slum Clearance Board, in Mayiladuthuri.
Likewise, the present monitoring officers Ramesh Chand Meena for Ariyalur, C Vijayakumar for Karur, Shambu Kallolikar for Pudukkottai and Reeta Harish Thakur for Tiruchy will take care of the works in their respective districts.