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Lower Bhavani Project Canal

Irrigation canal in India

Summary

Irrigation canal in India

Field	Value
name	Lower Bhavani Project Canal
image	Lower Bavani canael.JPG
image_size	300px
image_caption	Canal near Perundurai
date_use
branch	Thadapalli channel
Arakankottai channel
branch_of	Bhavani River
length_mi	125
status	open

Arakankottai channel

Lower Bhavani Project Canal is a 125 mi long irrigation canal which runs in Erode district in Tamil Nadu, India. The canal is a valley-side contour canal, fed by Bhavanisagar Dam and irrigates 2.07 lakh hectares of land. The main canal feeds Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels which irrigate the cultivable lands. The canal was the brainchild M.A Eswaran, member of the legislative assembly of the Erode constituency in the early 1950s.

Opposition to Concrete Lining

In 2013, the government of Tamil Nadu took up the project of the concrete lining of the LBP canal, however, it was dropped after farmers heavily opposed it. Now again after several years, the government has planned to start this project , by just referring to renovation works which include concrete lining. According to many farmers, if the project gets started, it will severely affect the recharge of underground water, thereby posing a serious threat to the whole agriculture ecosystem and domestic water supply system and directly affecting lakhs of farmers and ordinary citizens living in the districts of Erode, Tiruppur and Karur. According to them, groundwater will not be replenished and the entire region will be turned into a desert.

Some farmers support concrete lining, but majority of farmers living in this region oppose concrete lining. These districts receive low rainfall and are classified as semi-arid regions and this canal is the only source of water for all the people living here. Several Panchayats and Municipalities depend on this canal for domestic water supply. Massive demonstrations and protests were also held against this concrete lining.

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103131500/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/27/stories/2008112756750500.htm Breach in LBP Canal plugged]''The Hindu'' (Tamil Nadu), 27 Nov 2008
[http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0444e/A0444E03.htm Large Scale Irrigation Systems]
"Large Scale Irrigation Systems".
Leader, The Weekend. "Lower Bhavani Project canal now irrigates land and recharges ground water".
"Modernisation of LBP canal set to begin on May 1: TN Minister".
"No new concrete constructions should come up on LBP canal: DMK leader".
Staff Reporter. (2022-05-16). "Farmers oppose cleaning bunds of LBP canal". The Hindu.

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