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Athikadavu-Avinashi project 2024
August 20 , 2024
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- The Athikadavu-Avinashi project in Tamil Nadu, which was conceived 67 years ago, is finally commissioned recently.
- The project proposes to divert 1.5 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of surplus water from the downstream of Kalingarayan anicut of the Bhavani River at Kalingarayanpalayam in Erode district.
- It diverted to fill 1,045 water bodies and irrigate 24,468 acres of farm land in Erode, Tiruppur, and Coimbatore districts.
- The then Chief Minister K. Kamaraj in 1957 to divert the water through open canals and fill the dry pockets in the erstwhile Coimbatore district.
- The scheme was initially named the Upper Bhavani Project.
- In 2009, a technical expert committee was constituted under the chairmanship of A. Mohanakrishnan, that investigated the viability of the scheme.
- In 1972, the project was re-christened the Athikadavu-Avinashi Ground Water Recharge and Drinking Water Supply Scheme.
- The foundation stone for the ₹1,652-crore project was laid on February 28, 2019 and the project commenced on December 25, 2019.
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