Erode: Several hectares of agricultural fields in five villages along the main canal Bhavani (LBP) is lower flooded after layer of new concrete overwritten from the canal was damaged on Friday.
It has been noticed water leaking from the canal on Thursday night, which then turned into a wider crack in the concrete layer.
Water began to flow out of the gap, further expand the offense, beginning on Friday.
Public Works Department officials visited the place and notify their superiors, which stopped the release of water from dams Bhavanisagar.
It was only on August 15, the water released from the dam.
But when the water flow is stopped, a large amount of water flowing out of the channel through the collector breach.Erode H Krishnanunni and senior PWD officials who visited the place and ordered the immediate stoppage of violations.
Villagers living close to the canal were asked to move to a safer location.
When earthmover pressed into service, the concrete layer gives way, further result in a breach is widening and more water flows out.
In the village Malaipalayam, closest to the canal.
, Knee deep water to enter as many as 50 houses.
In the four other neighboring villages including Karaikadu and Varavankadu, water enters the coconut groves and rice fields are flooded.
Although there is no damage to the house, chickens and goats washed, Villagers.m said Shanmugam, a representative of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, said that the investigation should be instructed on the quality of concrete work on the entire expanse.
The project to prove the canal was inaugurated together with other development work by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conference when he visited Coimbatore in February.