Water launched from Kuppanatham dam in Tiruvannamalai for irrigation

Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Meeting, Ok. Pitchandi, opened the sluice gates of the Kuppanatham dam in Tiruvannamalai on Saturday for irrigation together with the Tiruvannamalai Collector Ok. Tharpagaraj.

Water was launched from the Kuppanatham dam in Chengam close to Tiruvannamalai city on Saturday, following the requests from farmers, as it’ll assist them irrigate 9,808 acres of paddy fields within the area.

The Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Meeting, Ok. Pitchandi, opened the sluice gates of the dam positioned a number of kilometres away from the reservoir downstream, within the presence of Collector Ok. Tharpagaraj and Tiruvannamalai MP C.N. Annadurai.

Water can be launched to the river from the dam and distributed within the left and proper financial institution canals, for 28 days (as much as 3 Might), for irrigation, on common, 2402 cusecs of water. Cultivators have been suggested to utilise the water judiciously, as additionally it is used to satisfy the ingesting water wants of the villages within the district. “Discharge of the water will assist farmers within the area to proceed with their farming actions as it’ll guarantee water degree in farm wells and borewells is steady throughout summer season,” S. Hariharan, Assistant Engineer (AE), WRD (Chengam), instructed The Hindu.

This initiative comes as sowing for the paddy season within the area was began. Water from the neighbouring Sathanur dam will assist to irrigate over 45,000 acres of farmland within the district. Water from the Kuppanatham dam, which has a complete storage capability of 700 mcft of water, would profit farmers in 40 villages in Chengam and Kalasapakkam taluks. At current, the surplus water from the dam is discharged into 47 irrigation tanks within the district, thereby recharging the water desk in and round villages positioned on the foot of the Jawadhu Hills.