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Parambikulam Aliyar Project pact
September 8 , 2024
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- This project aims to transforming the drought-prone areas in Coimbatore, Tiruppur, and Erode districts of Tamil Nadu, and Palakkad district of Kerala.
- The project accomplishes the diversion and integration of eight west-flowing rivers: six in the Anaimalai Hills (Anamalaiyar, Sholayar, Thunacadavu, Nirar, Peruvaripallam, and Parambikulam) and two (Aliyar and Palar) in the plains.
- On May 29, 1970, the two States signed an agreement with retrospective effect from November 1958.
- Apart from Parambikulam, eight other dams are part of the network, the combined capacity of which is about 31.5 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft).
- Hydro power stations have a total capacity of 210 MW.
- In 2019, Chief Minister-level conference on inter-state water agreements had agreed to renew the pact.
- If Kerala agrees to the diversion of 2.5 tmc ft from the Anamalayar to Tamil Nadu along with the Nirar-Nallar multi-purpose straight-cut scheme, the problem of water shortage in the western districts can be minimised.
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