Chennai: British engineer sculpture Colonel John Pennycuick, who built a Mullaseriyar Dam for the Sunger District of Tamil Nadu, will be installed by the state government in a park in Camberley in England, said Minister M Stalin said on Saturday.
The old-century old dam located in the Idukki district in Kerala owned, operated, and managed by the Tamil Nadu government.
In a statement, the ministerial head said that he was very happy to make an announcement on January 15, Pennycuick’s birthday.
Diaspora Tamil in London has made an effort to install a statue in Pennycuick’s hometown and get permission from the Church of St Peter in accordance with British law.
“Pennycuick meets the requirements of state agriculture and drinking water, especially five districts, Theni Dindigul, Madurai, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram, by building dams in 1895 with their hard work and technical expertise.
The people’s livelihood has been fully prosperous.
About 2.19 lakh hectare land In these districts were irrigated, “said Minister of Chief.
When the British government cannot continue to fund the Dam project, Pennycuick goes to England, sells his family property and uses the money to fund construction.
He built a dam with confidence, determination, perseverance and courage, even though all obstacles, Stalin said.
The minister’s chairman said the Tamil people had celebrated his birthday of his birth magnificent.
People in the Theni District celebrated Pennycuick’s birthday with worship with Pongal and named the children after him as a signal of thank you.
The state government has made persistent efforts to increase the level of storage of dam water to 152 feet in Madras High Court, the Supreme Court, the Central Air Commission and other high-level agencies.
“On the occasion of the birthday of the birth of Pennycuick, we ensure that our government will continue to make every effort to protect the Rights of Tamil Nadu in the Mullaseriyar Dam, which was built to overcome several challenges, given the problem of the old drinking water from the people.
The southern district,” Stalin said.
The minister desplained M Karunandhi launched the Pennycuick statue on the PWD campus in Tallakulam in Madurai on June 15, 2000.
The Aidmk government had previously opened a warning with a bronze statue of the size of an engineer in the bus camp near the Gudalur and named Bus Terminus Theni after him.