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Water for irrigation of Pilavukkal irrigation strategy was released from Pilavukkal Periyar and Kovilar dams successful Watrap taluk connected Monday.
Revenue Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran formally opened the sluices to merchandise the h2o and showered flowers successful the beingness of Virudhunagar Collector N.O. Sukhaputra, Tenkasi MP Rani Srikumar and Sivakasi MLA G. Ashokan.
Mr. Ramachandran said that portion Pilavukkal Periyar dam has a catchment country of 13.90 quadrate miles, Kovilar dam has got catchment country of 9.57 quadrate miles.
The contiguous retention successful Periyar dam was 143.52 mcft arsenic against its full capableness of 192 mcft. Similarly, Kovilar dam with a maximum retention capableness of 133 mcft has, presently got 22.55 mcft.
Both the dams had 0.08 (cusecs) of inflow.
The merchandise of h2o done Pilavukkal irrigation strategy would payment 8,531.71 acres (3,452.515 hectares) of farmland successful the district.
Initially, 150 cusecs of h2o would beryllium released from Pilavukkal Periyar and Kovilar dams for 7 days. For the nonstop canal irrigation 3 cusecs of h2o would beryllium released till February 2, 2026.
Based connected the h2o retention and inflow, h2o merchandise from these dams volition proceed to capable up the remaining tanks for irrigation and nonstop irrigation done Periyar Main Canal.
The Minister said that the merchandise volition payment 7,219 acres of cultivation onshore nether 40 tanks successful the Pilavukkal strategy and 960 acres done nonstop irrigation done the Periyar Main Canal.
The h2o merchandise would payment 17 villages, including Kodikkulam, Kansapuram, Maharajapuram, V. Pudupatti, Watrap, Koomapatti, Sundarapandiyam, Nathampatti, Moovaraivendran, Mangalam, Semmandi Karisalkulam, Pattakulam, Sallipatti, Viluppanoor, Thachakudi, Krishnaperi, Nedunkulam, and Kunnur.
The Minister appealed to marque usage of h2o judiciously.
Water Resources Department Superintending Engineer S. Mathan Sudhakar, Executive Engineer M. Maheswari, Assistant Executive Engineer C. Jhansi Anitha, and Assistant Engineer Kali Saran Babu, Arun Prasad, Umapathi and Arunkumar, were present.
