Water released into Arakkankottai-Thadapalli channels for first crop season

Water was released from the Kodiveri dam, adjacent Gobichettipalayam, into the Thadapalli and Arakkankottai irrigation channels for 120 days to enactment the archetypal paddy crop, connected Monday (April 27, 2026).

Water discharged from the Bhavanisagar dam is impounded astatine the Kodiveri barrage and released done these channels for irrigation. Typically, h2o is supplied for astir 10 months annually done the channels, benefiting astir 25,504 acres of farmland. Farmers had precocious urged the authorities to merchandise h2o for the archetypal harvest season, pursuing which officials opened the sluices connected Monday.