MAYILADUTHURAI: Nearly a week after the Mettur dam was opened for irrigation, the released River Cauvery water entered Mayiladuthurai district on Saturday night. The river water will be distributed for the district’s irrigation needs this week, said sources. Water Resources Department officials released the river water, which entered Thiruvalankadu in Kuthalam block as distributary 'Vikraman Aaru', from the Thiruvalankadu head …
THANJAVUR: Farmers of Thanjavur district staged a walk-out from monthly grievances day meeting held at the collectorate here on Friday protesting against the state government’s proposal to construct a check dam across Cauvery near Karur and provide irrigation to four lakh acres as it would affect the irrigation needs of Cauvery delta. V. Veerasenan, a farmer from Pattukottai, T.Punniyamurthy, president …
THANJAVUR: Though drinking water problem is not acute in Thanjavur city corporation area, which gets its supply from Vennar and Kollidam, water scarcity has surfaced in various panchayats in Budalur and Thiruvaiyaru panchayat unions near Thanjavur. Many villages get water from 'Over Head Tanks ' which face problems in pumping due to power shortage. According to V. Jeevakumar, an advocate, …
Thanjavur: The Public Works Department has taken up renovation of more than 2,000-year- old Kachamangalam dam, 15-km from Grand Anicut in Thanjavur district. One of the oldest dams in the area, even older than Grand Anaicut, built by Karikal Cholan in 2 CE, the dam irrigates 17,330 acres of land through canals that branch out from its north and south …
