"The Palar Board should be created in order to ensure that the link to Palar was included in the scheme of diverting the west-flowing waters from Nethravathi."
A meeting of stakeholders convened by M. Abdul Rahman,
Vellore MP, to discuss measures to revive water flow in the Polar and
prevent pollution of the river held at the Collectorate here has urged
the MP to take expeditious steps for the formation of Palar River Board
on the lines of the Tungabhadra Board to implement schemes for linking
of other rivers with the Palar and ensuring perennial water flow in the
river.
A.C. Venkatesan, president of Tamil Nadu
Pasumai Padhukappu Makkal Iyakkam, said that Karnataka has submitted to
the Centre a proposal to divert the water from Nethravathi River which
is flowing into the Arabian Sea to irrigate the parched areas in Kolar
district. Utilising this proposal, Tamil Nadu should press for the
extension of the scheme up to Palar since the distance between Kolar and
Palar is very short.
The Palar Board should be
created in order to ensure that the link to Palar was included in the
scheme of diverting the west-flowing waters from Nethravathi. He wanted
the Palar to be surveyed and stones erected to prevent indiscriminate
quarrying of sand.
Mr. Abdul Rahman said that the
Speaker of Lok Sabha has allotted time for him to speak in Parliament on
Thursday. At that time, he would press for the formation of the Palar
Board and for the linking of Nethravathi with Palar. Agreeing with the
need to stabilise the ecological survival mechanism of the Palar,
especially its sand wealth, he said that an inspection committee
constituted by the Union government was currently on the job of
inspecting the damage caused to the ecology in Palar.Thangamani, Superintending Engineer, Central Water Commission, promised total cooperation of the CWC for the river conservation and river link projects of Tamil Nadu. The CWC has proposed to implement an upgrading scheme for 49 irrigation tanks in the State, under the Renovation, Restoration and Reconstruction component of the Water Resources Management Programme. Twenty-nine of the 49 tanks identified are in Vellore district, he said.
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