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The Water Resources Department is successful the process of rectifying the breach of PAP (Parambikulam Aliyar Project) Main Canal astatine Vavipalayam successful Palladam Sub-Division.
Having restored the bund, the section is presently undertaking the concrete-lining of the breached information successful the midst of the 4th wetting successful the 4th zone.
Last week, the breach successful the canal caused inundation of fields and a residential locality, and the section stopped the travel from Thirumoorthy Dam and the Arasur Regulator astatine the 46th km. Water besides continued to determination downstream of the breach for a fewer hours earlier the travel came receded. The rectification enactment was taken up aft the h2o travel came to a stop.
The villagers successful Vavipalayam are said to person alerted the authorities astir the leakage of h2o successful the Canal. According to the department, effectual involution was not imaginable successful the midst of the 4 wetting.
Water has been diverted from Arasur Regulator to Uppar reservoir which, with a capableness to clasp 350 mcft water, irrigates 6,060 acres successful Kundadam and Dharapuram blocks.
During the years of h2o adequacy successful Thirumoorthy Dam, h2o is released into Uppar reservoir, successful accordance with a authorities bid issued successful 1994, it is learnt.
Completion of the concrete-lining works astatine Vavipalayam volition astir apt coincide with the merchandise of h2o for 5th wetting successful the 4th zone.
Though determination are akin anemic points on the PAP Main Canal, the breach occurred with unit astatine Vavipalayam owed to a curvature formation, according to officials.
The enactment connected desilting the subdivision and distributary canals successful the archetypal and 2nd zones volition beryllium taken up with ₹10 crore backing announced by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin during his sojourn to Tiruppur earlier this year. The Government Order for undertaking the enactment is awaited, officials added.
