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The Water Resources Department has begun enactment connected restoration of the Thalavanur anicut crossed the Thenpennai River betwixt Enathimangalam and Thalavanur.
The anicut is 480 metres agelong and 2.30 metres successful tallness and is sandwiched betwixt Cuddalore and Villupuram districts. It has six vents — 3 each successful Enathimangalam connected the Cuddalore broadside and 3 astatine Thalavanur connected the Villupuram side.
Located astir 10 km from Villupuram, it had been designed to trap flood waters and assistance recharge crushed water. District Collector Sheik Abdul Rahman laid the instauration chromatic for the task precocious successful the beingness of Villupuram MLA R. Lakshmanan. The restoration is being taken up astatine an estimated outgo of ₹84 crore.
According to an official, the Thalavanur anaicut discharges floodwater into Karumbur, Akkadavalli, Pulavanur, L.N. Puram and Chettipattarai tanks successful Panurti successful Cuddalore district. The anicut plays a important relation successful irrigating 855.58 hectares of farmland, successful 7 villages successful Villupuram and Cuddalore districts.
