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The Mettur constituency is 52 km distant from Salem town, which is known for its chemic industries and the famous Mettur Dam, which is the main root for farming and drinking h2o successful galore districts successful the State. Apart from industries, bananas and chilli are cultivated successful Kolathur and different parts of the constituency. Fishing is another profession for radical successful this constituency.
Likewise, vegetables, particularly tomatoes are cultivated successful Mecheri. The Mettur Assembly constituency shares borders with Erode and Dharmapuri districts and the Karnataka State. The Mettur constituency consists of areas nether Mettur taluk, Mettur municipality, Kolathur and Mecheri panchayat unions, Kolathur municipality panchayat, Mecheri municipality panchayat, and Veerakkalpudur municipality panchayat.
Mettur is besides a stronghold of AIADMK, arsenic the enactment and its alliance won eight times, including AIADMK successful 1977, 1980, 1984, 1991, 2001, and 2016. Its allies, PMK, won successful 2021, and DMDK won successful 2011. DMK won lone 1 time, successful 1996; its allies, the Praja Socialist Party, won successful 1967 and 1971; CPI (M) won successful 1989; and PMK won successful 2006. The Congress won successful 1957 and 1962.
N. Prasanth, a nonmigratory of Kolathur, said that adjacent the Kolathur autobus basal determination is simply a Tasmac outlet functioning, which became problematic for the public. From day till the closing of the shop, customers stitchery successful ample numbers. People, especially women, look issues portion crossing the road. So, this Tasmac outlet should beryllium shifted from this place, helium added.
Dhanalakshmi, a nonmigratory of Masilapalayam, said that to spell to Mysuru, everyone should question done the State road roadworthy passing done Mettur, Kullarampatti, Masilapalayam, Viralikadu, Perumal Kovil, Moolakadu, and Kolathur Junction. But successful this agelong determination are nary due streetlights. Many accidents took spot successful this stretch, particularly astatine nighttime time. So to forestall accidents, capable streetlights should beryllium installed, she added.
R. Sakthivel, a nonmigratory of Mettur Municipality, said that adjacent though the Mettur Dam is successful our municipality, drinking h2o is not supplied properly. Once successful 10 days, drinking h2o is supplied to galore wards. A peculiar strategy is to beryllium implemented for due drinking h2o proviso to Mettur Municipality, helium added.
R. Kasi, a nonmigratory of Kolathur, said that arsenic Kolathur is simply a steep area, drinking h2o could not beryllium pumped easy from Mettur Dam oregon from the Cauvery River. The authorities planned a assistance irrigation strategy to instrumentality 550.206 cardinal cusecs of h2o from Mettur close slope canal to capable ponds and tanks successful the Kolathur panchayat national successful the Salem territory and the Anthiyur and Bhavani taluks successful the Erode district. Minister Muthusamy besides inspected Chettipatti and Chinna Mettur successful October 2025 regarding the task and aft that determination was nary improvement. If this assistance irrigation strategy is implemented, it volition fulfil the h2o needs of the Kolathur panchayat union, helium added.
Demanding bifurcation of Mettur taluk, C. Sekar, a nonmigratory of Mecheri, said that Mecheri is 20 km distant from Mettur and villages adjacent Thoppur successful the Dharmapuri territory borderline travel nether Mettur taluk, astir 55 km distant from Mettur. People from these areas travel to Mettur by travelling 55 km for getting patta, patta transfer, and different gross services. So a caller taluk should beryllium created arsenic Mecheri arsenic its office by bifurcating Mettur taluk. Likewise, the widening of Mecheri-Thoppur was delayed for years. The roads should beryllium widened to forestall accidents, helium added.
Chandru, a nonmigratory of Pottaneri, said that the sewage h2o was released into Pottaneri Lake, M. Kalipatti water and Muniappan Kovil Lake. This should beryllium prevented. The M. Kalipatti water was getting h2o nether the 100-lake scheme. But arsenic h2o is lone received erstwhile surplus h2o is released from Mettur, but during that time, the water remains dry. Hence, radical released sewage into the lake, helium alleged.
This time, G. Venkatachalam is contesting arsenic AIADMK candidate. On behalf of DMK, Mithun Chakravarthy is contesting. Likewise, Selvam from TVK and Vidhya from NTK are contesting. AIADMK believes that they tin easy triumph the elections with PMK successful their confederation and the farmers who payment nether the 100 water strategy would enactment them. The DMK cadres anticipation that past clip the enactment mislaid by 656 votes only. So this time, DMK volition clinch victory. The TVK and NTK cadres assertion that radical person mislaid their content successful the DMK and AIADMK and volition springiness a accidental for them.
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