Water flows into lake in Tiruvannamalai village after 36 years
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Clearing of encroachments led to water flowing into the Chengam lake in Kariamanagalam village, officers mentioned
After a niche of 36 years, Kariamanagalam village in Tiruvannamalai district acquired water in its lake, as a result of removing of encroachments by the Water Resources Department.
“When the Kuppanatham dam fills up, the water flows into the Chengam lake. The excess water from this lake has to flow into the Kariamangalam lake, but due to encroachments in the supply channel, this was not happening,” mentioned E. Rajaraman, assistant engineer, PWD, (*36*) Resource Department.
When the Department was rejuvenating 59 lakes in the district, they began clearing the encroachments in the provision channels too. One such channel was carrying water kind Chengam Lake to Kariamangalam lake. “It is a 900-meter channel. Agricultural fields and a road were encroaching upon it. We have started clearing them, and after 36 years, water started flowing through the channel into Kariamangalam lake,” he added.
K. Venkatesh, a village resident, mentioned that greater than 500 farmers have been struggling as there was no water in the Kariamangalam lake for the previous 36 years. “Now we are hopeful that the situation will improve. However more water has to come,” he mentioned.
Sevoor S. Ramachandran, Minister, Puucho Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department and Sandeep Nanduri, Tiruvannamalai District Collector, supplied flowers to the inflowing water in the canal on Friday.
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