India, Aug. 27 -- Accidents along VC Canal, Mandya

Earlier in 2025, various Departments had constructed crash barriers along a 35-km stretch of VC Canal

Mandya: The Cauvery Neeravari Nigama Limited (CNNL), Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Division, has invited tenders for extending the installation of metal beam crash barriers along the Visvesvaraya Canal (VC Canal) in Mandya district, where repeated accidents have claimed several lives.

In the first phase of the works carried out in 2025, various Departments constructed crash barriers along a 35-km stretch of the VC Canal. The Public Works Department (PWD) installed barriers along 20 kms, while the Irrigation Department covered 13 kms and other Departments took up the remaining 2 kms.

The CN...