Lower Bhavani Project Canal
Lower Bhavani Project Canal is a 201-kilometre (125 mi) long irrigation canal which runs in Erode district in Tamil Nadu, India. The canal is a valley-side contour canal, fed by Bhavanisagar Dam and irrigates 2.07 lakh hectares of land.[1][2] The main canal feeds Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels which irrigate the cultivable lands.[3]The canal was the brainchild M.A Eswaran, member of the legislative assembly of the Erode constituency in the early 1950s.
| Lower Bhavani Project Canal | |
|---|---|
 Canal near Perundurai | |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 125 miles (201 km) |
| Status | open |
| Geography | |
| Branch(es) | Thadapalli channel Arakankottai channel |
| Branch of | Bhavani River |
References
- Breach in LBP Canal pluggedThe Hindu (Tamil Nadu), 27 Nov 2008
- Large Scale Irrigation Systems
- "Large Scale Irrigation Systems". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
See also
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