PWD officials’ permission to contruct bridge leads to canal encroachment in Tamil Nadu’s Alangulam

TENKASI: The permission granted by the Public Works Department (PWD) to an individual for constructing a bridge across the Thottiyankulam irrigation canal has ruffled feathers at Kalathimadam village near Alangulam. The villagers said just before his retirement, former Chittar Basin Division Executive Engineer (EE) S Mariappan granted permission to a woman to build a bridge to her vacant land.