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Siruthuli, successful collaboration with Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) and the territory administration, has initiated a large rejuvenation effort for the Noyyal River System done the restoration of 2 captious anicuts - Pudukaadu and Kil Chithiraichavadi.
For implicit 23 years, Siruthuli has been dedicated to the revival of the Noyyal River System, consistently moving connected cleaning feeder streams, desilting anicuts, and restoring irrigation channels that bring lifeline h2o to farmlands. Anicuts signifier an integral portion of this system, channelising stream h2o to the interconnected tanks of Coimbatore. However, years of neglect has rendered galore anicuts ineffective, disrupting the earthy travel of h2o and weakening the ratio of the region’s accepted water-management system.
The rejuvenation of these anicuts and feeder channels volition heighten water-holding capacity, amended groundwater recharge, and alteration the creaseless question of caller h2o into the tanks - an urgent necessity astatine a clip erstwhile astir large lakes successful Coimbatore look contamination from wastewater, starring to aquifer degradation.
The rejuvenation works were inaugurated successful the beingness District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar, Head – CSR Cell, Karur Vysya Bank, Nadhiya Mali, Coimbatore Divisional Manager, KVB, Krishnan, on with Vanitha Mohan, Managing Trustee, Siruthuli, Nallathambi, Assistant Engineer, Water Resources Department and husbandman relation leaders S. Palanisamy and Mr. Aruchamy.
The rejuvenation of Pudukkadu Anaicut volition augment the groundwater recharge, summation cultivation productivity of farmers situated adjacent to the anicut and feeder transmission and summation cultivation area. It volition payment 533 ayacut acres and 180 farmers straight and 1,066 farmers indirectly. As galore arsenic 180 unfastened wells and 150 bore wells volition beryllium recharged.
The Kil Chitiraichavadi Anaicut volition guarantee enhanced groundwater recharge, a surge successful cultivation productivity of farmers situated adjacent to the anicut, accrued cultivation area, and improved productivity resulting successful the alteration of cropping patterns. As galore arsenic 2,093 ayacut acres and 697 farmers volition beryllium benefitted straight and 2,500 farmers indirectly. It volition recharge 697 unfastened wells and 700 bore wells.
