India, Feb. 19 -- After a delay of more than a month, the Khadakwasla irrigation division has finally written to its mechanical department requesting machinery for clearing the water hyacinth clogging Baby Canal in the Hadapsar-Mundhwa ward office area.

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health department had written to the PMC environment department in the last week of December 2024, highlighting the problem of water hyacinth choking the Baby Canal. The PMC environment department had in turn written to the Khadakwasla irrigation division requesting the latter to remove the water hyacinth stating that the canal falls under its jurisdiction.

Meanwhile, the Khadakwasla irrigation division claimed that removing the hyacinth and keeping t...