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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Irrigation canal in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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'''Perumpallam Canal''' is an [[irrigation]] [[canal]] in the city of [[Erode]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. The canal traverses from west to east across the city and flows into [[River Kaveri]]. It runs for a length of about {{convert|20|km|mi}}.<ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Fillip-to-Perumpallam-irrigation-canal/article14014672.ece<br />
|title=Fillip to Perumpallam irrigation canal|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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It gets the water from the sources of rain and seepage of [[Lower Bhavani Project Canal]] near [[Kathirampatti]] in the western periphery of [[Erode Municipal Corporation]]. Running through the areas of Nanjanapuram, [[Thindal]], Sengodampalayam, [[Surampatti]], Stoney Bridge, Marappalam and by flowing under the [[Kalingarayan Canal]], it pours into [[River Kaveri]] near Vendipalayam Barrage.<ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Perumpallam-odai-remains-an-eyesore-in-Erode/article14778349.ece<br />
|title=Perumpallam Odai remains an eyesore in Erode|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Anicut==<br />
A [[Dam]] has been constructed over the canal in 1966 named Perumpallam Anicut, near [[Surampatti]]. In the downstream of this Anicut, the canal runs for a length of {{convert|12|km|mi}} to join [[river Kaveri]]. Also, a secondary canal branch off from this Anicut flowing towards [[Nanjai Uthukuli]] named as [[Nanjai Uthukuli Canal]].<ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Hyacinth-eliminates-fishes-in-Perumpallam-Anicut/article14391622.ece<br />
|title=Hyacinth eliminates fishes in Perumpallam Anicut|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Environmental issues==<br />
With the development of city and rapid increase in population, this canal has been highly threatened by various environmental issues like [[Pollution]], encroachments, sinking of drainage, deposition of solid wastes, etc,. The {{convert|5|km|mi}} stretch of this canal between this [[Anicut]] and Karaivaikkal is termed as [[Cooum]] of [[Erode]] due to the contamination of drainage and solid wastes into the canal. In 2003, [[Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board]] constructed a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to treat the contaminated water in this canal before it pours into [[river Kaveri]]. The plant with a capacity to treat 20 million litres/day located in the southern periphery of [[Erode Municipal Corporation]] near [[Solarpudur|Solar]] in [[Lakkapuram]] panchayat. But this plant is now idle, because of the opposition from public. <ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/TWAD-Board-to-repair-sewage-treatment-plant-at-Lakkapuram/article15305249.ece<br />
|title=TWAD Board to repair sewage treatment plant at Lakkapuram|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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A group of social welfare organisations have joined hands and started cleaning up the canal in 2015. <ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/perumpallam-odai-to-get-a-new-lease-of-life/article7709476.ece<br />
|title=Perumpallam Odai to get a new lease of life|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/pwd-conscious-of-pollution-in-perumpallam-canal/article7187003.ece<br />
|title=PWD conscious of pollution in perumpallam canal|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref> Around 570 unauthorised structures has been removed in 2016, to restore the original structure of the canal, which could enable agriculture cultivation in around 2000 acres of farms.<ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/unauthorised-structures-along-perumpallam-irrigation-canal-removed/article8291233.ece<br />
|title=Unauthorised structures along Perumpallam irrigation canal removed|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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