Brief detail about canals in tamilnadu

1. CANALS IN TAMILNADU
CANALS :
 Canals, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water
conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.
 A canal is also known as a navigation when it parallels a river and shares
part of its waters and drainage basin, and leverages its resources by
building dams and locks to increase and lengthen its stretches of slack
water levels while staying in its valley.
AINSLEY CANAL:
Location : Short canal in Chennai.
Starting place: Villivakam.
Connects: Otteri Nullah with railway quarters and Integral Coach
Factory near ayanavaram.
Length :3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi).
BUCKINGHAM CANAL(COCHRANE CANAL):
Starting place: Kakinada of east Godavari district , Andra Pradesh.
Terminating place: Marakkanam of Villupuram district , Tamilnadu.
Length : 796 kilometres (494.6 mi).
Connects : most of the natural backwaters along the coromondel cost to
Chennai ( Madras) port for navigation purposes.
Special Feature: partly responsible for reducing cyclone damage to
much of the Chennai-southern andra costline.
Purpose : Navigation and supply a water.
KALINGARAYAN CANAL:
Location : Erode district.
Length : 56.2-mile (90.5 km).
Opened by : Kongu chieftain Kalingarayan in 1283.
Area of land benefit : 15,743 Acres (approx.).

2. Connects : Bavani and noyyal rivers, two major tributaries of the kaveri
River.
Starting point : Kalingarayan dam, near Bhavani , Erode district.
Terminating point : Noyyal river , Kodumudi , Erode district.
Purpose: Irrigation and water diversion from Bhavani river to avoid
Flood.
KAVERI- VAIGAI LINK CANAL:
Length : 255.60-kilometre (158.82 mi).
Starting point: Mayanur , Karur district .
Terminating point : Vaigai , Virudhunagar district.
Connects : River kaveri with vaigai river.
Covered district : Karur, Trichy, Pudukottai, Sivaganga,Ramnad,and
Virudunagar districts.
Area of agri. Land bebefits: 3.38 lakh hectares.
Purpose: Irrigation , Domestic and industrial supply.
LOWER BHAVANI CANAL:
Location : Erode district.
Length: 201-kilometre (125 mi).
Starting point : Bhavani sagar dam .
Terminated at : Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels.
Land benefit: 2.07 lakh hectares of land.
Purpose: Irrigation.
NANJAI UTHUKULI CANAL:
Location : Erode district.
Length: 15 km.
Starting point : Perumpallam Anicut, near Surampatti,Erode district.
Terminated at : North of Savadipalayam Pudur,Erode .

3. Land benefit: 2500acres of farm land.
Purpose: Irrigation.
PERUMPALLAM CANAL:
Location : Erode district.
Length: 20 km.
Starting point : Lower Bhavani Project Canal near Kathirampatti .
Terminated at : River Kaveri near Vendipalayam Barrage.
Land benefit: 2000acres of farm land.
Purpose: Irrigation.
PICHAIKARANPALLAM CANAL:
Location : Erode district.
Length: 15 km
Starting point : Lower Bhavani Project Canal near nasiyanur,Erode
district .
Terminated at : River Kaveri .
Purpose: Irrigation.
SUNNAMBU CANAL:
Location : Erode district.
Length: 7 km.
Starting point : near Chittode, Erode district.
Terminated at : River Kaveri near RN pudur.
Purpose: Irrigation.
TAMIRABARANI-NAMBIAR LINK CANAL:
Location : Thirunelveli.
Length: 160 km.
Connects: Tamirabarani, Karumeniyar and Nambiyar rivers.
Land benefit: 6038hectares of farm land.

4. Purpose: Irrigation.
TELUGU GANGA CANAL:
Location : Thiruvallur district.
Length: 406 kms (252 miles).
Starting point : (Krishna river)Srisailam reservoir, AP.
Terminated at : Poondi reservoir , Thiruvallur district ,TN.
Purpose:Domestic water supply of chennai.
PREPARED BY:
V.BALASUBRAMANI,
B.E., FINAL YEAR CIVIL ENGINEERING,
IFET COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
VILLUPURAM-605108.