Mudukulathur extects its rightful share of Vaigai waters

Mudukulathur extects its rightful share of Vaigai waters

  The Mudukulathur Assembly Constituency, unlike any other constituencies in the Ramanathapuram district, is wholly dependent on farming.  

Though not wholly fed by the Vaigai river, the farming carried out here, relying predominantly on a complex network of rain-fed tanks and seasonal canal, occupies a significant part of the local economy.

This precarious dependency leaves the agricultural output—and the livelihoods of its people—at the mercy of unpredictable monsoon patterns. 

V. Mayilvahanan, district secretary of the Tamil Nadu Farmers Association, noted that expectations for a permanent solution rose when the previous AIADMK government introduced the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar river-linking project. 

Although the project had initially commenced, it came to a standstill following the change in the State administration. 

“The reliance on the important water sources – Uthangal canal, Sakkarathevan canal, Kanjampatti odai, Paralaiyar and Malataru – is always a double-edged sword for the farmers here,” he added.