THRISSUR: Agriculture Minister V S Sunil Kumar hit out at officials for not removing the ring bund of Enamakkal regulator phase canal completely. The incident happened last afternoon. The minister who reached Nehru Park along with Murali Perunelli MLA summoned three engineers of the irrigation department and gave them properly. He blasted at them for not breaking the bund.

‘You three executive engineers are responsible for all these people being in the water. The natives are submerged in water. If you have opened this first, this wouldn’t have happened. Didn't the district collector inform you? You all should be arrested by the police.’

‘If it is not demolished by tonight, all three will be suspended. There is no doubt about that. Nedupuzha and Alappad panchayats are under water. Officials of the irrigation department are responsible for it. Locals are hurling abuses at the representatives including MLAs. You will go only after demolishing it. I am going to sit here,” the minister said.

The minister visited here following the complaint of water logging in Arimbur, Chaloor, Alappad, Anthicaud and Karikodi. These areas flooded because the bunds were not demolished properly.