Knee-deep water in canal after ‘excavation’
After the work, the canal is supposed to be 18 feet in width, including a total of 8 feet banks on both sides, and 2 metres in depth.
The LGED claims to have excavated this canal, in Charali Beel area of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat, at a cost of Tk 45 lakh. But at places, there is only knee-deep water in it. The photo was taken recently. Photo: S Dilip Roy Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat
The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has allegedly paid off Tk 45 lakh without any excavation work done on a 4.5-kilometre canal in Charali Beel area of Aditmari upazila.