Kuttanad Package & Inland Navigation

Responsibilities:
(1)    Measures for salinity control and flood management in Kuttanad.

• Modernisation of Thannermukkom Bund to manage salinity and minimize Ecological decay.
• Improving the efficiency of the Thottapally Spill Way and leading channel.
• Regulation of floodwater in Kayal area near C&D and Rani Chithira Blocks.
• Complete construction of the AC canal with the removal of all blocks.

(2) Providing infrastructure support to paddy cultivation

• Need for restoration of KWS, Onattukara and Thuravoor-Pattanakadu rivers, canals, drains and water bodies like ponds.
• Orumuttu - Creation of 33 permanent orumuttus at  Kottachira across Kariyar