<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, the work of replacing damaged shutters of the Mukkombu barrage across the  Cauvery  river  near Trichy is expected to be completed before scheduled time by next January.<br />''<br />''Higher authorities of the Public Works  Department who inspected the  work at Mukkompu  clarified that the replacement work on the shutters is being expedited on instructions from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy.<br />''<br />''They informed that 60% of the work has already been completed and that 463 out of the total 483 pillars have already been replaced. The works were  scheduled to be completed by March 2021.<br />''<br />''16 of the 45 shutters of the dam, also known as the Anicut dam, had been completely damaged in the torrential rains in 2018.</span><br />