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Minister for Public Works E.V. Velu and Minister for Transport S.S. Sivasankar connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) laid the instauration chromatic for the operation of an anicut crossed the Thenpennai River successful Kallakurichi district.
The anicut is being built by the Water Resources Department (WRD) astatine an estimated outgo of ₹75 crore and would assistance irrigate 4,130 acres of cultivation onshore successful the district.
Water discharged from the Sathanur dam successful Tiruvannamalai territory enters the Tirukoyilur anicut done 5 main canals that helps irrigate cultivation land. The h2o had remained unused successful areas upstream of the Tirukoyilur anicut, and farmers had been demanding an anicut for long, Mr. Velu said.
A caller anicut was announced by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin during the 2025-26 Assembly session, and the enactment has commenced. The anicut volition person a magnitude of 240 metres and the enactment connected completion volition assistance harness 5.83 cardinal cubic feet of h2o and irrigate 4,130 acres of cultivation onshore successful Kallakurichi district.
The anicut would besides assistance successful recharging groundwater level and 124 borewells successful the surrounding areas, the Minister said.
District Collector M.S. Prasanth and elder officials of the WRD were present.
