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Project to link Tamiraparani with Karumeniyar, Nambiyar rivers cleared

CHENNAI: The State government on Friday issued an order clearing the execution of the Rs.369-crore project to link the Tamiraparani with Karumeniyar and Nambiyar rivers in 72 packages in four stages.

The project envisages utilisation of 2.8 thousand million cubic feet of excess water of the Tamiraparani, which goes waste. A time frame of three years has been fixed for completing it.

In addition to increasing the carrying capacity of the Kannadian channel, a flood carrier channel will be formed over a distance of about 65 km. This is to divert the excess water of the Tamiraparani to Karumeniyar, Pachayar and Nambiyar.

In anticipation of assistance under the Central government’s Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP), the State government has devised the project.

By diverting the surplus water, the Pachaiyar-Manimuthar main canal and tail end of the Karumeniyar-Nambiyar irrigation systems will be benefited. Also, Sathankulam and Thisayanvilai of Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts will witness improvement in their groundwater tables.

Around 17,000 hectares will be added to the total irrigated area. Totally, about 23,000 hectares of irrigated area will be benefited. The net addition in paddy production will be around 1.8 lakh tonnes.

According to the order, the Kannadian anicut across the Tamiraparani, will be improved, apart from increasing the carrying capacity of the Kannadian channel and excavating the flood carrier channel. A number of link and supply channels will be formed. Two check dams, one upstream of Sathankulam and the other downstream, will be constructed.

The order stipulated conditions for smooth execution of the project. The works should be taken up in a geographically contiguous manner.

Tamil Nadu has been pressing the Centre to go in for interlinking of rivers in the country which, the State feels, is the only solution to the problem of inter-State river water disputes. Two years ago, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had made an appeal at a meeting of the National Development Council for financial assistance to projects for linking of intra-State rivers, as there was no consensus on the implementation of interlinking of rivers.

Accepting this request, the Council had resolved to provide such assistance under the AIBP.

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