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Farmers to maintain lakes, tanks for irrigation purposes [1]

V Gangadharan |

IN a welcome move, the farmers of Tiruvallur district will maintain lakes and tanks themselves for irrigation purposes henceforth. To facilitate this, water users associations (WUAs) have been for med for the first time in the district.

Publication Date: 
19/11/2009
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Lakes [3], Irrigation [4], Tank Irrigation [5], Farmers [6], Tamil Nadu [7], Thiruvallur (D) [8]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/farmers-maintain-lakes-tanks-irrigation-purposes
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lakes
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tank-irrigation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thiruvallur-d