Information Minister M.P. Swaminathan, who visited the Parambikulam dam to inspect the repair work, said, "90 per cent of the maintenance work of the two shutters has been completed and once the entire work is completed, a single drop of rainwater will not be wasted."
Coimbatore: The Parambikulam Dam, which is one of the largest dams in India, is located in palakkad district in the Forests of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
The water of this dam exceeds the drinking water needs of the public and is widely used for agricultural irrigation. Similarly, the Parambikulam dam is also a source of water for dams including Aliyar.
Recently, the sluice gate of the Parambikulam dam became Fruited. This led to the risk of a large amount of water being wasted into the sea. In this situation, on the basis of complaints lodged by the public, the work of repairing the damaged sluice gate is going on on a war footing.
Information Minister M.P. Saminathan inspected the repair work of the damaged sluice gate yesterday (02.11.2022).
Water Resources Department Chief Engineer Muthusamy, Executive Engineer Narendran, Assistant Executive Engineer Jayakumar, Assistant Engineer Thyagarajan and others participated in the inspection.
Information Minister M.P.Saminathan said:
“Parambikulam Aliyar Irrigation Project is one of the most important irrigation projects in Tamil Nadu. The water was stored in the Parambikulam dam and water was being released through three sluices on 24.09.2022 when the shutter supporting the shutter of one of the sluices was broken due to which the shutter was broken and 8 TMC of water was wasted through the river into the sea through Kerala.
The Chief Minister, the Water Resources Minister, the Minister for Power, Prohibition and Excise visited the dam immediately and inspected it.
Subsequently, the incident of sluice failure was brought to the notice of the public by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and a sum of Rs.7.20 crores was allocated for the construction of a new shutter and a government order was issued.
The work is being carried out on war footing. Now, following that, the work of installing the shutter in the dam is in progress.
Maintenance of two more shutters is also in progress. 90 of these works have been completed. These works will be completed by 20.11.2022. After that, a drop of rainwater will be prevented from being wasted.
This will benefit the farmers of Parambikulam Aliyar irrigation projects in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts.”
Following this, Information Minister M.P. Swaminathan personally inspected the dams at Peruvaripallam, Kinathukadavu and Sarkarpathi areas.
The water of this dam exceeds the drinking water needs of the public and is widely used for agricultural irrigation. Similarly, the Parambikulam dam is also a source of water for dams including Aliyar.
Recently, the sluice gate of the Parambikulam dam became Fruited. This led to the risk of a large amount of water being wasted into the sea. In this situation, on the basis of complaints lodged by the public, the work of repairing the damaged sluice gate is going on on a war footing.
Information Minister M.P. Saminathan inspected the repair work of the damaged sluice gate yesterday (02.11.2022).
Water Resources Department Chief Engineer Muthusamy, Executive Engineer Narendran, Assistant Executive Engineer Jayakumar, Assistant Engineer Thyagarajan and others participated in the inspection.
Information Minister M.P.Saminathan said:
“Parambikulam Aliyar Irrigation Project is one of the most important irrigation projects in Tamil Nadu. The water was stored in the Parambikulam dam and water was being released through three sluices on 24.09.2022 when the shutter supporting the shutter of one of the sluices was broken due to which the shutter was broken and 8 TMC of water was wasted through the river into the sea through Kerala.
The Chief Minister, the Water Resources Minister, the Minister for Power, Prohibition and Excise visited the dam immediately and inspected it.
Subsequently, the incident of sluice failure was brought to the notice of the public by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and a sum of Rs.7.20 crores was allocated for the construction of a new shutter and a government order was issued.
The work is being carried out on war footing. Now, following that, the work of installing the shutter in the dam is in progress.
Maintenance of two more shutters is also in progress. 90 of these works have been completed. These works will be completed by 20.11.2022. After that, a drop of rainwater will be prevented from being wasted.
This will benefit the farmers of Parambikulam Aliyar irrigation projects in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts.”
Following this, Information Minister M.P. Swaminathan personally inspected the dams at Peruvaripallam, Kinathukadavu and Sarkarpathi areas.