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Three large irrigation projects, including the Pattissery dam successful Idukki district, are expected to beryllium commissioned this year, according to the Kerala government.
Apart from the Pattissery dam, the database includes the Banasura Sagar main canal and the Karapuzha project, according to the argumentation code made by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar successful the State Legislative Assembly connected Tuesday.
The Pattissery dam, which the argumentation code described arsenic “the largest dam that Kerala is going to marque operational successful the adjacent future”, is expected to beryllium commissioned by February 15. This task involves h2o entitled to Kerala nether the Cauvery Inter-State River Water Dispute.
The Banasura Sagar main canal is expected to beryllium acceptable by May 2026 and the Karappuzha project, by December.
Need for h2o policy
The argumentation code emphasised the request for a broad h2o argumentation for the State successful the discourse of the Centre declaring the National Water Policy.
On the Mullaperiyar dam, the argumentation code said the Kerala authorities maintains a “steadfact position” which is anchored successful the rule of ‘Water for Tamil Nadu and Safety for Kerala.’ It reiterated Kerala’s request that an adept committee beryllium acceptable up instantly to inspect the structural spot of the aged dam.
The government’s thrust connected tapping the tourism imaginable of irrigation projects, and boosting integer governance successful the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) recovered notation successful the Governor’s speech.
Further, it noted that the authorities has started the implementation of the ‘K.M. Mani Community Micro-Irrigation Scheme.’ The scope of this task volition beryllium expanded to screen each currency crops, successful summation to regular crops, “thereby creating further income-generating opportunities for the youth,” it said.
