Officials of the Water Resources Organisation of the Public Works Department have removed pipelines that were laid by a few farmers to draw water illegally, from the water spread area of the Bhavanisagar dam in Erode. A report titled ‘Water continues to be drawn illegally from Bhavanisagar dam, allege farmers in Erode’, was published in The Hindu on April 27, …
Even as a water crisis looms and most farmers are unable to get enough water to even save their standing crops, a few farmers have been continuing to illegally extract many lakh litres of water through pipelines, every day, directly from the Bhavanisagar dam. Local people alleged that two persons, who own 100 to 150 acres in the area, draw …
TIRUPPUR: A group of farmers launched high-powered drone surveys to identify illegal pipeline connections installed to steal water from the Parambikulam Aliyar Project canals in Tiruppur and Coimbatore districts. Speaking to TNIE, DSP J Sukumaran said, “For the past two months we have not received any application or permission from any private individual or a group of farmers seeking to …
One of the three shutters of the Parambikulam dam in Palakkad district of Kerala was damaged around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, resulting in a flow of 16,000 cusecs of water towards Athirapally. Having commenced the restoration works, the WRO officials said the dam shutter would have to be completely replaced and it would take about three to four weeks. Minister’s …
