Stalin releases Cauvery water from Kallanai for 1st time
Trichy: Chief minister
M K Stalin
on Sunday evening initiated the discharge of Cauvery water at Grand Anicut in Thanjavur district to benefit farmers in the delta districts. This was the first time as CM that he was releasing Cauvery water from Kallanai barrage.
He also took out a road show and unveiled a life-size statue of former chief minister M Karunanidhi near the Old Bus Stand.
Stalin had opened the sluices of Mettur dam on June 12 to release Cauvery water, which subsequently reached Thanjavur on Sunday. He showered flowers and grains from the top of the barrage as several hundreds of people witnessed the event. Ministers K N Nehru, S Regupathy, SS Sivasankar, Govi Chezhian, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and Siva V Meyyanathan, MPs T R Baalu, S Kalyanasundaram and S Murasoli, and several MLAs were present.
The incoming water from Mukkombu barrage was diverted at the rate of 1,500 cusecs each into Cauvery and Vennar, and 500 cusecs into Grand Anicut channel. Kollidam river flows at the rate of 400 cusecs but the discharge is expected to increase in the coming days.
The CM said in a statement that around 5,021km of rivers, irrigation channels, and drainage channels in 12 districts were desilted at Rs98 crore for water distribution for irrigation ahead of Mettur dam opening.
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Around 13 lakh acres of kuruvai and samba paddy crops would be irrigated, the statement added.
Earlier, Stalin held a meeting with district collectors of Thanjavur, Trichy, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Pudukottai. He directed them to ensure stock of farm inputs like seeds, fertilizers, and insecticides. The chief minister accepted representations from various farmers' associations on various demands. Around 8 pm, he began a three-km road show from Rajaraja Cholan Manimandapam. He walked past St Mary's Corner, railway station, corporation office, Grand Anicut channel bridge and reached Ayyasamy Vandayar Old Bus Stand around 9.30 pm.
He was greeted by thousands of people along the way. He interacted with some of them and took photographs. At the Old Bus Stand, Stalin unveiled a life-size statue of M Karunanidhi.
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