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Farmers successful Sivaganga territory person expressed dissatisfaction implicit the hold successful works of re-examining the ancestral Vaigai irrigation areas successful the district.
In Vaigai dam, h2o is stored separately nether Periyar recognition and Vaigai credit. Only the Vaigai recognition h2o is released into the Vaigai River for irrigation successful parts of Madurai, Sivaganga district, and Ramanathapuram districts.
Through this, 1.36 lakh acres of onshore received irrigation facilities done 374 ancestral Vaigai irrigation tanks located successful the 3 districts.
In this, from Peranai to Viraganur Regulator, the archetypal scope of irrigation person irrigation facilities for 27,420 acres done 46 tanks; from the Viraganur Regulator to Parthibanur Regulator, the 2nd scope of irrigation person irrigation facilities for 40,743 acres done 87 tanks; and from the Parthibanur Regulator to Ramanathapuram Big Tank, the 3rd scope of irrigation person irrigation facilities for 67,837 acres of cultivation land, said sources.
When h2o is released from the Vaigai dam, it is provided successful the ratio of 2 shares to the archetypal irrigation area, 3 shares to the 2nd irrigation area, and 7 shares to the 3rd irrigation area.
In aboriginal times, dams were constructed present and determination crossed the tributaries of the Vaigai. Due to this, the magnitude of Vaigai recognition h2o reaching the Vaigai dam has decreased. Except during rainy and flood seasons, h2o is released into the Vaigai River for a maximum of lone 10 days during different periods.
Due to the deficiency of capable water, thousands of acres of onshore successful Sivaganga territory person been near fallow.
Moreover, successful galore places successful Madurai district, Old Vaigai irrigation cultivation lands person turned into lodging plots, alleged the farmers.
However, contempt the simplification successful cultivation lands, the aforesaid magnitude of h2o continued to beryllium released.
Citing this, the farmers of Sivaganga territory urged that this country should beryllium re-examined and h2o should beryllium shared and distributed accordingly.
A fewer years ago, Water Resources Department officials recommended a re-examination to the government. However, the enactment has not yet begun.
Ayyachamy, a erstwhile Panchayat president of Keezhanattur and a Vaigai irrigation farmer, said, “We person been continuously urging for a re-examination successful Madurai. The WRD officials besides promised to behaviour the study. However, they person shelved the enactment without starting it. A survey indispensable beryllium conducted immediately, and h2o should beryllium distributed based connected the country of cultivation land. Only past tin the cultivation lands beryllium protected.”
