Perumpallam Canal is an

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has bee ...

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...

in the city of

Erode Erode (; īrōṭu), is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Kaveri river and is surrounded by the Western Ghats. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu. It is the administrativ ...

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. The canal traverses from west to east across the city and flows into

River Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a Rivers of India, major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari River, Godavari and Krishna River, Krishna. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin i ...

. It runs for a length of about . It gets the water from the sources of rain and seepage of

Lower Bhavani Project Canal Lower Bhavani Project Canal is a long irrigation canal which runs in Erode district in Tamil Nadu, India. The canal is a valley-side contour canal, fed by Bhavanisagar Dam and irrigates 2.07 lakh hectares of land.

near Kathirampatti in the western periphery of

Erode Municipal Corporation Erode City Municipal Corporation is a civic administrative body that governs the City of Erode, India. The Corporation consists of a legislative body, headed by the City Mayor and an executive body headed by the Corporation Commissioner. The Co ...

. Running through the areas of Nanjanapuram,

Thindal Thindal is a neighborhood in the city of Erode Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 8 km from Erode Junction and 7 km from Central Bus Terminus, Erode. It is now officially a part of Erode Municipal Corporation. The locality is well kn ...

, Sengodampalayam, Surampatti, Stoney Bridge, Marappalam and by flowing under the Kalingarayan Canal, it pours into

near Vendipalayam Barrage.

Anicut

Dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aqua ...

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 to join

river Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a Rivers of India, major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari River, Godavari and Krishna River, Krishna. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin i ...

. Also, a secondary canal branch off from this Anicut flowing towards Nanjai Uthukuli named as

Nanjai Uthukuli Canal Nanjai Uthukuli Canal is an irrigation canal that runs in the southern part of Erode city in Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, India. This canal gets its source of water from Perumpallam Anicut, near Surampatti. This canal irrigates around of farm land b ...

Environmental issues

With the development of city and rapid increase in population, this canal has been highly threatened by various environmental issues like

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, encroachments, sinking of drainage, deposition of solid wastes, etc,. The stretch of this canal between this

Anicut An anicut (Tamil: அணைக்கட்டு - Aṇaikaṭṭu ; Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all nei ...

and Karaivaikkal is termed as Cooum of

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

. The plant with a capacity to treat 20 million litres/day located in the southern periphery of

near

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Lakkapuram Lakkapuram or Punjai Lakkapuram is a Village Panchayat located in Erode district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Lakkapuram village falls under Modakurichi taluk. Demographics census, Lakkapuram village had a total population of 9,739 ...

panchayat. But this plant is now idle, because of the opposition from public. A group of social welfare organisations have joined hands and started cleaning up the canal in 2015. 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.

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