Irrigation infrastructure in 35 districts will be restored to ensure fair water distribution: Minister Duraimurugan
The Hindu
In a bid to conserve water resources, prevent wastage, and ensure fair distribution to irrigated lands, the restoration and reconstruction of 149 irrigation structures would be carried out at a cost of ₹722.55 crore.
In a bid to conserve water resources, prevent wastage, and ensure fair distribution to irrigated lands, the restoration and reconstruction of 149 irrigation structures would be carried out at a cost of ₹722.55 crore.
This was one of the 18 announcements made by Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan during the Budget demand for the Water Resources Department in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Monday (March 24, 2025). The projects would cover irrigation infrastructure in 35 districts, including Coimbatore, Dindigul, Dharmapuri, Kanniyakumari, Erode, Salem, Theni, and Kancheepuram.
Vulnerable stretches of the Parambikulam Main Canal in Pollachi, Coimbatore, would be restored at a cost of ₹9.95 crore. The Mathur Aqueduct, built in 1966 in Thiruvattar taluk, Kanniyakumari district, would be rehabilitated at a cost of ₹60 lakh.
Besides repairing and modernising structures like check dams in various districts, waterbodies in Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu, such as the Karambur and Tiruneermalai lakes, would be rejuvenated with better storage capacity at a total cost of ₹7.15 crore.
The State government has also sanctioned ₹31 crore to restore a 5-km stretch of the Central Buckingham Canal in Chennai. New check dams would come up in 21 locations across 15 districts, including Dindigul, Tenkasi, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, and Tiruchi.
A ₹63-crore check dam would be constructed across Pennaiyar in Melpattampakkam village, Cuddalore district. These projects aim at conserving floodwater, recharging groundwater, and also mitigate floods in some of the districts ravaged in the December 2024 floods. The Tirukkoilur anicut in Kallukurichi district, which was severely affected during Cyclone Fengal, would be restored at a cost of ₹130 crore.
Preliminary work would be carried out to seek coastal regulation zone approval for a rubble mound sea wall to prevent coastal erosion in Mayiladuthurai district and Azhikkal in Kanniyakumari district, among others, at a cost of ₹1.34 crore. The government has also allocated ₹149 crore to repair dam infrastructure in 16 locations across 11 districts, including Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Thanjavur, and Madurai.
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