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The Water Resources Department (WRD) has initiated works connected operation of a cheque dam crossed Uppar Odai successful Periyakumarapalayam colony successful Dharapuram Taluk.
Construction of the cheque dam has been planned astatine a outgo of ₹7.98 crore, measuring 1.2 metres successful tallness and 90 metres successful length. It is located astir 14 km upstream of Uppar Dam.
The caller cheque dam was sanctioned successful deference to the long-time request of the farmers successful Periyakumarapalayam, State Minister for Information and Publicity M.P. Saminathan said, initiating the works on with Minister for Human Resource Management N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj.
The cheque dam, Executive Officer of Water Resources Department, said, volition service the intent of controlling and reversing the precocious grade of salinity successful the crushed h2o successful the country successful the agelong run.
Though the operation requires 1 twelvemonth for completion, the task volition beryllium carried retired good successful advance, the authoritative said.
Besides, Periyakumarapalayam, the operation volition besides accord a thrust for farming activities successful Navanari, Poolavadi, Munduvelampatti and Kundadam villages
According to the officials, h2o to the grade of 1.45 mcft could beryllium stored thrice successful a twelvemonth successful the cheque dam, thereby bringing to inferior 4.35 mcft for irrigation and drinking h2o purposes.
The operation volition re-charge h2o successful 187 unfastened wells, and 33 borewells successful the surroundings, benefitting 1,432 residents successful Navanari village, 2,177 successful Periyakumarapalayam village, and 4,199 residents successful Munduvelampatti village, officials said.
The 2 Ministers and elder WRD officials besides inspected the cheque dam constructed crossed the Uppar Odai astatine Navanari colony astatine a outgo of ₹7.58 crore, and holding h2o to the brim currently.
