With the Mettur surplus h2o reaching the Katchupalli lake, farmers and residents of Konganapuram and Edappadi are seeing the water filling up aft 70 years.
The Mettur surplus h2o scheme, popularly known arsenic the 100 water scheme, pumps surplus h2o from Mettur to lakes successful the Sankari, Edappadi, Omalur, and Mettur Assembly constituencies. Work started for the ₹565 crore task successful April 2020, erstwhile the AIADMK was successful power.
Under this scheme, erstwhile Mettur Dam attains its afloat capacity, the surplus h2o volition beryllium taken from the dam and pumped to 100 lakes. On June 29 this year, Mettur Dam attained its afloat capableness and surplus h2o was pumped done assistance irrigation and much than 60 lakes, including Katchupalli lake, successful the 4 Assembly constituencies were filled successful the past 2 months.
Velavan, a husbandman of Konganapuram, said the water dispersed implicit 55 acres depends lone connected rainwater. The farmers person protested to bring the surplus h2o to the water and pursuing this, the works were speeded up, and h2o reached the water this year. Through this, thousands of acres of farmland successful and astir the water volition get h2o for irrigation and the groundwater level and workplace good level volition increase. The authorities volition instrumentality steps to capable the remaining lakes nether this strategy soon, Mr. Velavan added.
