WRD to renew development of distribution canals of Kottarai reservoir

The Water Resources Department (WRD) is more likely to quickly resume development of distribution canals from Kottarai reservoir that’s constructed throughout Maruthaiyar river in Perambalur district.

The development of the canals would convey to fruition the Kottarai reservoir mission, one of many main calls for of farmers of the area.

The reservoir, introduced in 2013, was constructed at a value of ₹92.70 crore to reap the rain circulate in Maruthaiyar and a few different jungle streams. Construction of the reservoir, with a storage capability of 212.45 million cubic ft of water, started in March 2016 and was accomplished just a few years in the past.

The bund of the reservoir runs for a size of about 2,360 metres with two irrigation sluices. Water from the reservoir could be launched by means of two most important irrigation canals – one operating a distance of 9.91 km and the opposite about 6.73 km – on the best and left sides.

The reservoir would irrigate almost 4,200 acres of dry land in Kottarai, Adhanur, Koothur, Bujangarayanallur, Nochikulam, Thondapadi, Azhagiripalayam, Koodalur and Sathanur. Besides, it could assist enhance the groundwater desk considerably within the area and allow farmers to domesticate two crops a yr.

However, pending the development of the distribution canals, the mission had not come to full utilisation but.

Collector S. Arunraj, who lately inspected the dam, directed the WRD officers to provoke steps to make sure that the water saved within the reservoir was utilised for irrigation functions. He reviewed the progress of the land acquisition course of and the development works with District Revenue Officer M. Vadivel Prabhu and M. Pandian, Executive Engineer, WRD, Maruthaiyar Sub Division, and different officers. He instructed WRD officers to take efforts to get the revised estimates sanctioned for the work on the earliest.

Sources within the WRD mentioned that administrative sanction was anticipated quickly from the federal government for the revised estimate for ₹23 crore for development of the distribution canals. The Revenue authorities had promised to finish the land acquisition inside 15 days, and the works would start as soon as the revised estimate was permitted, the sources mentioned.