GCC clears debris choking Buckingham Canal near Kodungaiyur landfill
North Chennai desk — a canal that is also the spine of the Water Metro dream.
After a July TNIE investigation, GCC Commissioner G.S. Sameeran inspected a canal stretch squeezed to about one-fourth its width by sand and construction debris. Clearance in early August aims to cut flood risk in Mullai Nagar, Ezhil Nagar and nearby north Chennai colonies.
GCC clears debris choking Buckingham Canal near Kodungaiyur landfill — Chennai, Chennai local news
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Royapuram & Tondiarpet
Published
9 Aug 2026
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Chennai
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The New Indian Express — Kodungaiyur canal, 9 Aug 2026
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No. One stretch was cleared. Encroachments, silt, and landfill runoff can return. Treat this as one maintenance win, not a monsoon all-clear.
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