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The Hindu
23-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Dialysis unit at Erode GH completes one lakh haemodialysis sessions
The dialysis unit at the Government Headquarters Hospital in Erode has completed one lakh haemodialysis sessions as of Wednesday. The Olirum Erodu Foundation (OEF), which has been supporting the unit for the past 13 years, has provided 16 dialysis machines and appointed 23 staff members to operate the facility. The unit currently serves 46 patients every day. S. Prabhakar, Commissioner and Project Director of the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation Project, and District Collector S. Kandasamy honoured doctors, medical staff, and philanthropists who contributed to the unit's success. The OEF Chairman, S. Chinnasamy said the foundation focused on key areas including water, education, sports, health, solid waste management, and infrastructure. The OEF has spent around ₹45 crore so far in these sectors. With 92 active members, the foundation had so far invested ₹1 crore in improving the hospital's infrastructure. The dialysis services can be expanded if additional space is made available at the hospital. Mr. Prabhakar said that the Erode GH dialysis unit also functioned as a training centre for staff from other government hospitals across the State, making it a model unit. He also announced that new technologies will soon be introduced to modernise the State's irrigation systems. District Collector S. Kandasamy lauded the foundation's efforts in running both the dialysis unit and the blood donor network at Erode GH. He assured that the government will provide additional space to support the expansion of services.
New Indian Express
14-07-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Tamil Nadu irrigated agriculture project deadline extended till December
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation Project (TNIAMP), supported by the World Bank, has been given a six-month extension, allowing officials more time to complete remaining key works and ensure that the project's key objectives are met. The project, which was earlier set to end on June 2, will now continue till December 2. According to a G.O. issued by J Jayakanthan, Secretary, WRD, the state had given administrative sanction for Rs 2,962 crore for the TNIAMP in 2017 for a seven-year period till 2024. The amount was revised to Rs 3,249 crore during a mid-term review in May 2021. The G.O. said many districts in Tamil Nadu were badly affected by Cyclone Michaung in December 2023, in which irrigation structures built or repaired under the project were damaged. Following this, the World Bank, on December 22, 2023, recommended the use of the Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC) and sanctioned Rs 449.59 crore to handle the damage. The Empowered Committee in Tamil Nadu approved the proposal to therefore extend the project by a year till May 31, 2026, following which the state submitted a proposal and action plan to the centre's Department of Economic Affairs, which forwarded the request to the World Bank. Based on the bank's recommendation, the project has now been extended till December 2, 2025, the G.O. said. A senior WRD official said, 'The main aim of this project is to improve productivity and climate resilience in irrigated agriculture, ensure better water management, and create more market opportunities for farmers and agro-entrepreneurs in selected sub-basins.' The project is being carried out by the WRD in coordination with six other departments and three universities in 47 sub-basins over four phases, covering a total area of 4.69 lakh hectares. He further said rehabilitation works in 2,473 irrigation tanks, 344 anicuts, rivers, and canals covering 4,879 km have been completed. In addition, 78 artificial recharge wells have been constructed.
The Hindu
22-04-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Rehabilitation of irrigation systems in Kurangan Pallam Odai to be carried out at ₹15 crore
The State government has accorded administrative sanction for the rehabilitation of irrigation systems in Kurangan Pallam Odai (Hanuman Nadhi) at a total cost of ₹15 crore. This project will benefit an ayacut area spread across 9,000 acres in the taluks of Modakkurichi and Kodumudi. The Odai is a rain-fed natural stream that originates at Devanampalayam near Hanumanpalli village in Modakkurichi taluk, runs for 39 km, and joins the Cauvery river at Vengambur in Kodumudi taluk. It receives water during the North-East monsoon and from seepage from the earthen Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) main canal during the irrigation period. The stream typically dries up between May and September every year, when water supply from the LBP canal is stopped. Over the past 20 years, seven check dams have been constructed across the stream to harness floodwaters and seepage. The stream's irrigation system is a lifeline for farmland in the two taluks, directly and indirectly irrigating around 9,000 acres. The Punjai Kalamangalam Canal, which originates from the Kurangan Pallam anicut at Elumathur village, runs for 12.60 km and was designed to irrigate an ayacut area of 3,840 acres. However, since these systems fall under non-system irrigation, there are no funds allocated for their regular maintenance. Only a portion of the stream was rehabilitated under the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation Project (TNIAMP) in 2018. Due to leakages, the check dams can no longer retain water, while the water spread areas have become heavily silted and overrun by Juliflora vegetation. Since the stream remains almost perennial due to seepage, people living nearby use the stream daily for bathing and other domestic activities. The foundations of bridges across the stream have also eroded at various locations and require urgent repairs to extend their lifespan by a few decades. The Water Resources Department submitted a proposal for rehabilitation works, which includes the construction of bund protection walls, desilting and strengthening of check dams, installation of silt traps, jungle clearance, construction of bathing ghats, reconstruction of canal sluices, and provision of a trough section and protection walls along the canal embankment. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced the project during his visit to Erode on December 20, 2024. A senior engineer from the Water Resources Department told The Hindu that once the works are completed, it will ensure the free flow of water, thereby restoring the stream's original water-carrying capacity. He added that the conveyance efficiency of the Punjai Kalamangalam Canal would be significantly improved through the construction of the trough section in the embankment reaches of the branch canals. Leakages in the damaged structures will also be eliminated following the reconstruction of cross-masonry structures, he added.
