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M.A. Eswaran - Freedom fighter
September 10 , 2024
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- M.A. Eswaran, the then Erode MLA was instrumental in securing the Lower Bhavani Project.
- This is the first major irrigation project executed in Tamil Nadu after the Independence.
- It turned Erode, Tiruppur, and Karur districts into a fertile landscape, irrigating 2,47,247 acres for the cultivation of paddy and other crops.
- It is also generating 18 MW through two power generation houses.
- Eswaran was a close associate of MK Gandhi.
- He supported the candidature of Tanguturi Prakasam for the Prime Minister of the Madras Presidency.
- So, the local Congress leaders did not nominate him in the 1952 election.
- Omandur Ramasamy Reddiyar became the Chief Minister, followed by C. Rajagopalachari and K. Kamaraj, who inaugurated the canal in 1955.
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