Archive · 20 Aug 2026
27 Check Dams Announced To Store River Water
Minister N. Anand announced several projects to manage water better.
Twenty-seven check dams will be built across rivers in 13 districts.
These dams will store water and help raise underground water levels.
Other structures will move river water into lakes and canals.
Two bed dams will be built across the Vaigai River.
Walls will be built near the Adyar and along the Bay of Bengal to reduce flooding and sea erosion.
The government also plans to repair irrigation systems, sluice gates and dams.
These projects are intended to help protect water resources and provide water to farmland.
Water Resources Minister N. Anand announced 27 check dams in 13 districts at an estimated cost of Rs. 206 crore.
A Rs. 25-crore wall will be built along the Adyar near Jafferkhanpet bridge to help mitigate floods.
Anicut systems, bed dams, distribution dams and water regulators will divert and control river water.
A five-kilometre wall from Nedugai to Nettukuppam will be built to prevent sea erosion.
The government allocated Rs. 695 crore to renovate irrigation structures, including sluice gates and dams.
- Who
- Water Resources Minister N. Anand announced the projects.
- What
- The government announced check dams, diversion and distribution structures, flood and erosion barriers, and irrigation repairs.
- When
- The announcements were made on Wednesday during the Assembly discussion on demands for grants to the ministry.
- Where
- The projects will be carried out across 13 districts, including locations along the Adyar, Amaravathi, Cheyyar, Vaigai and Cauvery rivers.
- Why
- To store water, raise groundwater levels, support irrigation, regulate water flow, mitigate floods and prevent erosion.
- Check dams
- 27 planned across 13 districts
- Check-dam allocation
- Rs. 206 crore
- Adyar flood wall
- Rs. 25 crore near the lower side of Jafferkhanpet bridge
- Water diversion
- Anicut systems at nine places in six districts, costing Rs. 97 crore
- Vaigai bed dams
- Two bed dams costing Rs. 31 crore
- Irrigation renovation
- Rs. 695 crore for renovation, improvement, reconstruction and repair
- Dam maintenance
- 11 dams in eight districts at a cost of Rs. 94 crore