Tamilnadu River Linking, Dams, Canal, Irrigation project Updates

[Arul Murugan]

Originally Posted by Seyoan

Hmmm adding concrete was supposed to enhance the flow of water and prevent silting/desilting and prevent the the river width from decreasing thanks to encroachment, but in our case civil engineering has fallen to politics, DMK screwed the river is the final verdict

In Gujarat Modi has done this for several 100 kms with solar panels on some places what a visionary he is.

Seyoan ji...

then why we have not concreted Koovam river or Cauvery river?

There is a huge difference b/w manmade concrete canal and natural river bed. FYKI, this Thirumanimuthar is a river and not manmade canal.. And even in manmade canal mostly they go for concreting the banks and not the bed!

Encroachment?? After spending 150crores on concrete, now the river is used as garbage yard and encroached by vegetable vendors.

I dragged DMK because they only initiated this project just for swindling the money.. ADMK continued the swindling.. both the party equally benefitted.

And now bushes/trees started to grow on the concrete, with garbages/public toilet in 10yrs the river will be back to old position... so what is the use of spending 150crores on loan from world bank?

[venkatm]

Originally Posted by murlee

Thirumanimutharu project may take three more months to complete



As part of Thirumanimutharu River Improvement Project – Phase II, work is on to strengthen the bunds in Sevvapet in Salem.- PHOTO: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN




http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle4665544.ece

There are actually nice machines to lay concrete on banks. Just look at the primitive "baandu" and "dimmis" being used to lay the concrete here. In a few months you will see huge cracks, bushes and trees growing and 150 cr down the drain..

[Seyoan]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

I dragged DMK because they only initiated this project just for swindling the money.. ADMK continued the swindling.. both the party equally benefitted.

Then you should have said TN politicians screwed the river, you initial statement looked very political

[Arul Murugan]

Originally Posted by Seyoan

Then you should have said TN politicians screwed the river, you initial statement looked very political

Sorry for hurting DMKs sentiment...

yes TN politicans screwed the river...

[kongutamizhan]

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle4663678.ece

THIRUVANATHAPURAM, APRIL 28:
Ministerial-level talks between Kerala and Tamil Nadu on sharing water under the Parambikulam-Aliyar river pact ended here today on a positive note with TN agreeing to release 100 cusecs per day to Kerala.

In response to Tamil Nadu’s gesture, Kerala agreed to release 40 cusecs per day to Tamil Nadu from Siruvani river to Coimbatore.

Briefing newspersons after the meeting which was attended by Tamil Nadu PWD Minister T. Ramalingam, Kerala Water Resources Minister P. J. Joseph said the Joint Water Regulatory Board, consisting of officials from both States, would meet soon to discuss water sharing from Sholayar river.

The meeting was held against the background of Kerala Government’s decision to move Supreme Court to get due share of water from the neighbouring State.

[saysenthil]

Though not directly related thought of posting it here....

NGO comes up with alternative to inter-linking of rivers

Amid growing environmental concerns over the river linking project, an NGO has come up with an "eco-friendly" method to connect the water bodies with grids so that states can share the resources according to their requirements.

"Interlinking of Rivers project (ILR) is not viable in its present form. We have, therefore, come up with a new proposal - National Waterways Project (NWP)," said A C Kamaraj, expert committee member of ILR panel in the present governemnt and Nawad Tech Chairman.

Addressing a seminar 'on Emerging Trends on National Waterways for Water Security and navigation of India', Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan said there is a need to reduce over-dependence on road and rail transport by promoting coastal shipping and inland waterway system.

It is also noteworthy that the government has given prominence to Inland Waterway Transport in the 12th Five Year Plan through higher plan allocation, he said.

Kamraj said yesterday five cases were heard in the Supreme Court on water. All these disputes when we have water more than enough to meet all the requirements of all the people.

"We have developed a working model near Madurai to demonstrate the concept of two-way flow in zero slope canal. An expert team from Canada has visited the model which explains the principle of harvesting only flood water in a river basin, impounds it in the contour canal (Smart Waterway), transmits by differential head V K Gupta, organising secretary, claimed Bihar and Tamil Nadu have accpeted the proposal while Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka "are discussing with us".

Ponraj said Canada and Netherlands have showed interest in the model as there is a minimum assurance of 15 per cent returns every year from the project. The project will also ensure irrigation to an additional 150 million hectares that will double food production to 500 million tonnes, he claimed.

Kamraj has suggested the formation of a 'water grid' by linking all 17 rivers in Tamil Nadu.

"Formation of Tamil Nadu Smart Waterways System would directly generate around 1,800 MW and would improve the water table level, which would save another 1,300 MW," said Kamraj.

Unlike ILR where once water given to another state cannot be drawn back, under NWP there is no problem in sharing water as it is water grid and no state is a giver and every state is a receiver. It is a win-win situation for all, he claimed.

He said the National and state Waterways project could be completed in 10 and 5 years respectively.

Er K Manikandam, member of the engineer panel of the project, said river Godavari generates flood water to the tune of around 2,000 TMC. If properly tapped, the river could provide water to the delta region such as Tiruchi, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam where inflows were low from Cauvery.