Check Dams Planned Across T.N.

Panel to inspect locations, submit report in a few months

 

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday said the government would build check dams across the State over the next three years at an  investment of ₹1,000 crore. 

In the first phase, 62 such structures would be constructed at ₹292 crore this year. 

A committee, comprising retired chief engineers, has been formed to select the locations. It will submit its report in a few months, after which work will  begin. 

Mr. Palaniswami, who inspected the flood­-affected areas in Bhavani, Karungalpalayam, Kumarapalayam, and Pallipalayam in Namakkal district, said the  government had posted nine senior IAS ocers to monitor the flow of water released from the Mettur dam for farm operations in the Cauvery Basin and  ensure that the water reached the tail­end areas. Usually, water reached the tail­end areas only after the commencement of full­-fledged farm operations in the main delta region.