Posted on September 23, 2024
Work on dredging the Nanjai Uthukuli irrigation canal began after eight years. This is expected to help irrigate 2,450 acres of farmland as well as recharging groundwater in many village panchayats in the district.
The 15 k.m. long Perumpallam canal, which begins from Kadirampatti in the city and passes through Surampatti before entering River Cauvery at Vendipalayam, is fed by seepage from Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) canal and rainwater. An anicut was constructed across the canal at Surampatti in 1966 to store the water. In the downstream of the canal, a secondary canal, Nanjai Uthukuli canal, branches off from the anicut that flows through Kasipalayam, Shastri Nagar, Moolapalayam, Nochikattuvalasu, Karukkampalayam, Subbarayavalasu, Lakkapuram, 46 Pudur, Muthugoundenpalayam, Chinniyampalayam and Nanjai Uthukuli. The canal ends its journey near a wetland at Chavadipalayam Pudur.
