CUDDALORE:
Vice-president of Cauvery Delta Farm Producers' Welfare Association and president of Kollidam-Keelanai Paasana Vivasayigal Sangam K.V. Kannan said it was time permanent flood control measures were put in place in Cuddalore district.
In a representation addressed to Collector P. Seetharaman, he suggested construction of barrages and check-dams at regular intervals across rivers such as the Kollidam, the Gedilam, the Vellar, the Then Pennaiyar and the Manimutharu. Particularly, the Kollidam, which used to carry large quantum of water, needed at least seven barrages, each to be built at a height of 7.5 metre with protective walls on either side stretching to a distance of five km. Already, the Cauvery system had four such barrages, with three more under construction. This system too required nine more barrages.
Heavily silted
Mr. Kannan also said that the Ponneri, popularly known as Chola Gangam, near Gangaikonda Cholapuram, was heavily silted. So, it used to get filled quickly and the excesses were flowing through the Karuvattu Odai to the Vadavar and then into the Veeranam tank. If the Karuvattu Odai flow was directed to the Kollidam, the flood problem in this region could be tackled.
The Veeranam tank and the Ponneri should also be deepened and bunds strengthened. A regulator should be set up on the Velliangal Odai which carries discharge from the Veeranam tank at Kumaratchi. At the time of floods, the flow should be directed through a drainage channel (to be dug at this point) to Keezhparuthikudi to join the Kollidam. Another channel from Manavaikkal to the Kollidam via Udaiyur would also mitigate the flood problem. Mr. Kannan said that if these measures were implemented Kattumannarkoil and Chidambaram taluks could be protected from floods on a permanent basis.
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