Pazhaiyur channel, referred to as Kodingal by the locals, was cleaned of a mud near Elamanur in the Tiruchi district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Railway Karai Vaoicle was evaluated in the Tiruchi district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
With the mettur dam, which is to be opened for irrigation on June 12, the WRD department (WRD) has completed a special shut -off work, which was accepted this year at various irrigation and drainage channels across the district sanctioned at estimated costs of 16.70 Crore this year.
About 115 works covering about 343.14 km of different channels throughout the district were cleaned from the mud as part of the initiative by preserving the river and the ARIYARA divisions. The work would benefit about 1.18 lakh acres of cultivable soil in the district.
“All the work was completed,” said a higher WRD official. About the fresh water hyacinth growth on the Uyyakondan channel said Hindu that weeds would be cleaned when they began to float and easier to remove after release of water in the channel.
C and d channels
Meanwhile, the Agricultural Engineering Department has completed the shutdown work on the channels of categories C and D. “In the district we resisted C and D channels for estimated CRORE costs of 1.02 GBP,” said A. Kandasamy, executive engineer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Tiruchi.
The departments that DBUM for the requests of farmers in Perugamani, Thiruparaithurai, Elamanur and the surrounding villages, Ayyan Vai -Okrai, was determined in the villages after a long time from mud to various shine 1.5 km to 3 km.
Pazhaiyur drain
The WRD resisted Pazhaiyur’s drain (also known as Kodingal by the locals) from Analai to Thiruparaithurai as part of regular maintenance this year, a lot to relieve the inhabitants of Thiruparaithurai and Elamanur.
“The channel was enforced after we asked Mudhalvarin Mugavari. The canal width was significantly reduced and was affected in various places. The channel was now forced by an average width of 40-45 feet. Thangaraj that owns agricultural land in Elamanuro.
V. Palanisama, 52, from Elamanur, said that although the channel was forced a few years ago, it was the first time it was fully cleaned of mud. “The channel and fields were on the same level and during the monsoon rainwater will flow through our fields and we have to go to the landing of unpeeled crops. We no longer have to worry about it,” he said. Local farmers demanded that the closures in the controller on the Kodingal channel be repaired.
Published – June 7, 2025 20:42
