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In the aftermath of the Water Resources Department rectifying the breach caused to the PAP (Parambikulam Aliyar Project) Main Canal astir 2 weeks agone astatine Vavipalayam adjacent Palladam successful Tiruppur district, farmers successful the tail-end person cautioned the Department against curtailing the duration of 5th wetting successful the 4th round, successful the 4th zone.
The Water Resources Department, authoritative sources said, has taken steps to widen the merchandise of h2o beyond December 9, erstwhile the 4th circular of h2o merchandise was scheduled to end, to compensate for the obstruction successful travel for carrying retired the repair works.
With the 5th wetting successful 4th circular getting completed successful astir of the subdivision canal ayacuts, the WRD has taken measures for fifth-round h2o release, owing to the comfy retention presumption successful astir each the PAP strategy dams.
Water was released connected July 27 from the Thirumoorthy Dam into the PAP Main Canal for irrigation successful the 4th portion encompassing 94,068 acres. The h2o merchandise to the grade of 10,250 mcft (inclusive of evaporation) would beryllium maintained with intervals implicit a five-month play till December 9.
In presumption of the disruption caused successful h2o travel successful the PAP Main Canal owed to the repair works, the farmers successful Kundadam, Palladam, Avinashipalayam, Pongalur, Kangayam and Vellakovil told the WRD that simplification successful the duration of the fifth-wetting successful the caller bid to beryllium obtained for extending the h2o merchandise would not beryllium acceptable.
The breakage successful the PAP Main canal was caused owed to the mismanagement by Water Resources Department, PAP Vellakovil Branch Canal (Kangayam-Vellakovil) Water Conservation Association president P. Velusamy said, successful a practice addressed to the Executive Engineer of WRD, Pollachi.
