Farmers want baby canal alongside Kalingarayan Canal to be developed
A proposal to set up an effluent treatment plant and to carry out concrete lining of the baby canal, submitted in 2021-22, is under government’s consideration, says a senior official in the Water Resources Department
To prevent further degradation of the baby canal running alongside the Kalingarayan Canal, farmers in Erode district have called for its development at the earliest.

The Kalingarayan Canal, constructed by the Kongu chieftain Kalingarayan in the 13th century and running to 91.10 km, is one of the oldest river-linking projects in the country, irrigating 15,743 acres in Erode district. However, due to urbanisation and dumping of household waste and discharge of effluents from textile dyeing units and tanneries, the canal has remained polluted for long.