The old earthen water channels branching out on both sides of Sathanur Dam in Tiruvannamalai will soon be replaced with concrete channels.
Funded by World Bank under the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation (TN IAM) scheme, new concrete water channels will be built at a distance of eight km, connecting the main canals of the dam, at a cost of ₹7.29 crore. The concrete channels will be three metres wide to accommodate more inflow.
The entire work will be completed in nine months, say officials.