PAP tail-end farmers raise doubts about CADWM project of Central Water Commission
Farmers in the Kangayam-Vellakovil area have expressed concerns regarding the CADWM project by the Central Water Commission. They question the shift from a gravity-based irrigation model to a costly pumping system, citing sustainability and financial issues. The farmers are calling for a thorough review of the project's technical feasibility and transparency in its execution.
- ▪Farmers have raised concerns over the execution model proposed for the CADWM project.
- ▪They argue that a gravity-based pipeline system is more sustainable than the suggested electrically operated pumping system.
- ▪The farmers have requested a review of the project's technical feasibility and transparency in decision-making.
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The Parambikulam Aliyar Project (Tamil Nadu) - CADWM (Command Area Development and Water Management) project undertaken by the Central Water Commission, Union Jal Sakthi Ministry, has come in for criticism from farmers in Kangayam-Vellakovil belt at the tail-end of the PAP pipeline.Farmers have raised technical, financial and sustainability concerns over the execution model reportedly proposed by the Water Resource Department for the Centrally funded project.Calling for a scientific and transparent technical review of the project based on gravity-based pipeline system from head sluice, P.
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