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Protest against plan to construct dam across River Siruvani [1]

A functionary of Hindu Makkal Katchi resorted to a novel protest in Chennimalai on Monday to oppose the Kerala government's move to construct a dam across River Siruvani at Attapadi.

State Public Relations Co-ordinator of the party T. Senthil Kumar performed angapradakshinam at the Chennimalai Murugan temple to express his protest as Kerala's move would affect the farming community in Erode, Tirupur and Coimbatore districts. Siruvani was one of the tributaries of River Bhavani, which was the primary source of water for irrigation in Erode district.

Publication Date: 
17/07/2012
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Erode (D) [3], Siruvani [4], Dams [5], Kerala [6], Farmers [7], Erode [8], Tiruppur [9], Coimbatore (D) [10], Irrigation [11], Dams/ Irrigation [12], Tamil Nadu [13]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/erode-d
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/siruvani
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/erode
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiruppur
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coimbatore-d
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams-irrigation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu