Tamil Nadu plans Rs. 11,420 core project to improve Cauvery basin irrigation system.

Tamil Nadu government recently proposed to launch a Rs. 11,420 crore project to improve the irrigation system in Cauvery river basin with the Central Water Commission (CWC) having already given its 'in-principle clearance' for the same.

'A preliminary project proposal on Improvements and Rehabilitation of Irrigation Systems in Cauvery basin for efficient water management was prepared for an amount of Rs. 11,420 crore and in-principle clearance has been accorded by CWC,' Finance Minister O Panneerselvam informed the Assembly.

The minister, who also holds the Public Works Department portfolio, said that the project would be aimed at improving and rehabilitating the systems in the Cauvery, Vennar and Noyyal sub-basins, among others.

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