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Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu released h2o from the flood bearer transmission cheque dam astatine Kariyandi adjacent Nanguneri successful the territory for irrigation tanks and Nambiyar dam connected Thursday.
Speaking to reporters aft releasing h2o from the Kariyandi cheque dam, helium said implicit 10,700 cardinal cubic feet of surplus h2o from Tamirabharani River is going discarded into the oversea each year. Hence, the 75-km-long flood bearer transmission was dug to instrumentality this surplus h2o by linking Tamirabharani – Karumeniyar - Nambiyar to the rainfall shadiness regions of Nanguneri, Radhapuram and Thisaiyanvilai, each successful Tirunelveli district, and Sattankulam and Udangudi successful Thoothukudi district, to rejuvenate farming and amended groundwater array successful this portion since seawater intruding into these areas had severely affected the groundwater quality.
After being inaugurated by the past Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi successful 2009, enactment connected this task was shelved erstwhile the AIADMK came to powerfulness successful 2011. However, the strategy was resurrected by Chief Minister M. K. Stalin successful 2021, who allotted ₹1,060 for digging the transmission and giving compensation for the onshore acquired for this project, which starts astatine Kannadiyan Channel astatine Vellankuzhi and ends astatine M.L. Theri adjacent Sattankulam.
While 904.49 hectares of ‘patta’ onshore and 144.32 hectare authorities poramboke lands were acquired successful Tirunelveli district, 157.42 hectare ‘patta’ lands and 4.80 hectare poramboke lands were acquired successful Thoothukudi territory for benefiting 32 gross villages successful Tirunelveli territory and 18 villages successful Thoothukudi district.
Besides improving the groundwater table, the h2o being drawn from the flood bearer transmission would irrigate 23,040 hectares - 14,084.98 hectares successful Tirunelveli territory and 9,855 hectare successful Thoothukudi district.
“Of the 1,600 cusecs of h2o being released successful the flood bearer transmission now, 390 cusecs is diverted to Karumaeniyar, 255 cusecs for Suviseshapuram tank, 435 cusecs for M.L. Theri, 500 cusecs for Vijayanarayanam vessel and Nambiyar dam and 20 cusecs for Thinaiyoorani tank,” Mr. Appavu said.
Srivaikundam MLA ‘Oorvasi’ S. Amirtharaj, Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department Thirumalaikumar and others were present.
Meanwhile, a ace developed successful the bund on the cheque dam crossed the flood bearer transmission astatine Thediyoor adjacent Palayamkottai triggering panic among the villagers. The h2o gushing retired from the spread has inundated implicit 200 acres of onshore wherever paddy and plantain person been cultivated.
On getting information, the Public Works Department officials inspected the breach and their efforts to plug the rupture with sandbags failed. “The breach tin beryllium plugged lone aft h2o coming to the cheque dam is controlled,” the PWD officials said adjacent arsenic efforts were connected to minimise the travel of h2o to the cheque dam.
