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LBP canal to be modernised at a cost of Rs. 550 crore

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Process on: If the Government okays the proposal the entire 125-mile LBP canal will have concrete bunds.

ERODE: If all goes well, the 125-mile-long Lower Bhavani Project canal is to be modernised. The Erode wing of the Public Works Department is in the process sending a proposal to the State Government to this effect.

According to Executive Engineer, PWD, Erode, H.J. Nanjan, the Erode office is finalising a proposal to desilt and line the canal at Rs. 550 crore.

“Sometime ago, we sent a proposal, in which the State government asked for changes. The Government wanted the aqua ducts or siphons to be included in the modernisation, which we are incorporating.”

If the Government sanctions the proposal the entire 125-mile canal will have concrete banks. The modernisation plan includes branch canals as well.

The Engineer says that the modernisation will include desilting the canal bed, filling sand at a few places, constructing slabs and lining the canal banks.

He adds that the work will be done keeping in mind the quantity and velocity of water.

And, it will also include farmer beneficiaries under the participatory water management scheme. Once the Erode wing of the Department submits the proposal it will be taken to the Chief Engineer, Chairman of the Cauvery Technical Cell and others before finalisation.

The canal irrigates 2.07 lakh hectares in the district and neighbouring Karur.

The Government is expected to take up similar modernisation works in Bhavani, Amaravathy and Noyyal.

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