Work on two check dams, a causeway in Gudiyatham and Ambur commences
The Hindu
Construction of check dams and a causeway across Kaundinya river in Ambur and Gudiyatham brings relief to farmers.
Work on construction of two check dams and a causeway across Kaundinya river in Ambur and Gudiyatham that comes under Tirupattur and Vellore districts respectively commenced on Thursday, bringing relief to farmers in the region.
Minister for Water Resources Durai Murugan laid the foundation stone for the work in the presence of V.R. Subbulaxmi and K. Tharpagaraj, Collectors of Vellore and Tirupattur districts respectively. “The new causeway across Kaundinya river will help ease traffic flow in Gudiyatham town as motorists in nearby villages can bypass the town’s key stretches to travel to other areas,” K. Prabhakaran, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE), WRD, told The Hindu.
Funded under the Permanent Floods Restoration Scheme 2023-24, the ₹8.41-crore causeway, to be built by the WRD with funds from NABARD, will be 104.2 metres long and 2.7 metres in height from the river bed with 10 vents. The low-level bridge can discharge 58,000 cusecs of excess rainwater per minute during monsoon.
WRD officials said that such high discharge of rainwater below the new bridge will prevent flooding of the facility and can be used by motorists, including ambulances, round-the-clock. Around 90,000 residents in the region will be benefitted as they travel safely, especially during emergencies.
In Tirupattur, two check dams in Kathavalam and Periyankuppam villages across the Kaundinya river will be built to benefit at least 15 farming villages in Ambur taluk. Each check dam, on an average, will be 28 metres long and two metres in height. Two check dams will help to recharge 180 farm wells, covering at least a radius of five kilometres.
In other words, the new facilities will help to irrigate 1,226 acres of farmland in the region. Funds to the tune of ₹10 crore will be spent to build the check dams. Work on all three facilities, including the causeway, will be completed in 2025.
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