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Amidst persistent demands from a conception of farmers for diverting surplus flood waters from the Cauvery to the Ponnaniyar dam and Kannuthu tank, DMK Rajya Sabha Member Rajathi alias Salma has urged the Union Jal Sakthi Ministry to money the project.
Situated 65 km from Tiruchi, the Ponnaniyar dam is nestled betwixt Perumal Malai and Semmalai. While the dam and its catchment country are successful Karur district, the ayacut country is dispersed implicit Mugavanur panchayat and neighbouring villages successful Tiruchi district.
The Water Resources Department precocious submitted a connection to the State authorities seeking ₹83 lakh to instrumentality up a feasibility survey and hole a elaborate task study (DPR) for pumping surplus waters successful the Cauvery to Ponnaniyar dam and Kannuthu vessel to stabilise irrigation successful the ayacut areas fed by them.
The connection envisages laying a pipeline for implicit 54 km to pump surplus h2o from the Mayanur barrage connected the Cauvery to Ponnaniyar dam and the Kannuthu tank.
Meanwhile, Ms. Salma, who hails from Thuvarankurichi successful Tiruchi district, called connected Union Minister for Jal Sakthi C.R. Patil successful New Delhi precocious requesting fiscal assistance for the betterment and improvement of Ponnaniyar dam and Kannuthu vessel done diversion of surplus Cauvery water.
In a representation, Ms. Salma said determination was an urgent request to amended the h2o assets infrastructure successful Manapparai region. The Ponnaniyar dam and the Kannuthu vessel successful Manapparai taluk had witnessed a important diminution successful inflow implicit the past respective years.
“The simplification has severely impacted irrigation facilities and groundwater recharge, resulting successful sizeable hardship for farmers who beryllium connected these waterbodies for their livelihood,” she said.
To code this issue, a connection had been formulated to undertake survey, levelling, and sub-soil probe enactment to measure the method feasibility of diverting surplus floodwater from the Cauvery to the Ponnaniyar dam and Kannuthu vessel done suitable pumping arrangements.
“The implementation of this strategy volition importantly payment respective villages, including Mugavanoor, Sekkanam, Palayakottai, and Elamanam, by providing assured irrigation to thousands of acres of cultivation land. It volition lend substantially to groundwater recharge and beforehand sustainable h2o assets absorption successful the region,” she said and urged the Minister to o.k. and allocate indispensable fiscal assistance for the execution of the task successful the interests of farmers and the h2o information of the region.
The Ponnaniyar dam was built successful 1974 and rainwater travel from Kadavur portion is its main h2o source. The catchment country is dispersed implicit 33.60 sq miles. The dam has a retention capableness of 120 cardinal cubic feet (mcft) and has an aycut of astir 2,100 acres.
The Kannuthu tank, different tiny reservoir, is astatine Elamanam successful Manapparai taluk. It has a retention capableness of 56.16 mcft and has an ayacut of astir 734 acres.
