7 months ago
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A breach caused to the PAP (Parambikulam Aliyar Project) Main Canal astatine Vavipalayam adjacent Palladam successful Tiruppur territory resulted successful inundation of a coconut farm, a schoolhouse and a residential locality successful the vicinity.
The schoolhouse declared a vacation for students. The h2o washed distant coconuts stocked successful the unfastened successful the farm. Residents of the locality complained that h2o had entered immoderate of the houses arsenic well.
Revenue authorities inspected the spot and arranged for diversion of h2o to Upparu Dam successful Arasur area.
Water was besides released into subdivision canals en way to halt the travel to instrumentality up repair works.
The rupture caused to the PAP Main Canal was being attended to by the Fire and Rescue Services Department, Revenue Department and Water Resources Department.
Farmers successful the colony shifted retired livestock. They complained that the Water Resources Department did not respond to an earlier alert astir harm to the PAP Main Canal astatine Vavipalayam. Water that is expected to payment farms successful the tail-end areas successful kangayam and Vellakovil wherever determination is h2o shortage successful the lack of capable rainfall has gone waste, they lamented.
Espousing the origin of farmers successful the tail-end successful Kangayam-Vellakoil belt, P.Velusamy president of the PAP Vellakovil Branch Canal (Kangayam-Vellakovil) Water Conservation Association demanded accountability connected the portion of Water Resources Department.
Shortcomings successful attraction and h2o absorption person been the crushed for the breach. Farmers successful Pongalur, Dharapuram, Kundadam and Kangayam, areas of shortage rainfall, are disquieted a lot, helium said.
