Speaker Appavu releases water for irrigation from Nambiyar Dam

Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu released h2o from Nambiyar Dam astatine Kottaikarunkulam adjacent Valliyoor successful the territory connected Friday for irrigation.

Sixty cusecs of h2o from Nambiyar Dam would beryllium released for 117 days done the right-side transmission to provender 14 tanks and to 26 irrigation tanks done the left-side channel.

Mr. Appavu said the Public Works Department officials were perpetually monitoring the proviso of h2o from Nambiyar Dam to the 40 irrigation tanks and hence appealed to the farmers not to divert h2o by closing oregon opening the sluices successful the irrigation strategy according to their convenience.

The Speaker besides said interest-free loans were being fixed to the farmers done the superior agriculture cooperative banks adjacent arsenic chemic fertilizers successful capable quantity was stocked for the contiguous harvest season. Hence, the farmers should marque usage of this conducive concern during this season.

Since the 75-km-long flood bearer canal task has been commissioned for utilising the surplus h2o of the Thamirabarani River by linking Karumaeniyar and Nambiyar Rivers done this channel, the Nambiyar Dam present has h2o for 22.30 feet against its maximum capableness of 22.96 feet arsenic flood h2o has been channelised to this reservoir. The surplus h2o of the Thamirabarani River, which is diverted successful the flood bearer transmission astatine Vellankuzhi adjacent Cheranmahadevi, has present reached Aayankulam Padugai adjacent arsenic h2o has been released to M.L. Theri tank, the past vessel of this system.

“Since a fewer acres of onshore earlier the M.L. Theri vessel had to beryllium acquired for digging the flood bearer channel, h2o could not beryllium released to M.L. Theri vessel past year. After clearing the ineligible hurdles and acquiring the lands, the flood bearer transmission has been dug up to M. L. Theri vessel astatine the outgo of ₹1,060 crore, which has been wholly borne by the Tamil Nadu Government. So, each beneficiary tanks nether the flood bearer transmission volition get capable h2o during this season,” Mr. Appavu said.