https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Lower_Bhavani_Project_Canal Lower Bhavani Project Canal - Revision history 2026-07-30T23:29:00Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Lower_Bhavani_Project_Canal&diff=56835&oldid=prev >GreenC bot at 20:58, 21 April 2021 2021-04-21T20:58:22Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox canal<br /> |name = Lower Bhavani Project Canal<br /> |image = Lower Bavani canael.JPG<br /> |image_size = 300px<br /> |image_caption = Canal near [[Perundurai]]<br /> |date_act = <br /> |date_began = <br /> |date_use = &lt;!-- {{Start date|df=yes|YYYY}} --&gt;<br /> |date_completed = <br /> |len_ft = <br /> |beam_ft = <br /> |branch = Thadapalli channel &lt;br&gt; Arakankottai channel<br /> |branch_of = [[Bhavani River]]<br /> |length_mi = 125<br /> |status = open<br /> |navigation_authority = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Lower Bhavani Project Canal&#039;&#039;&#039; is a {{convert|125|mi|km|adj=on|disp=flip}} 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.&lt;ref name=plugged&gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103131500/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/27/stories/2008112756750500.htm Breach in LBP Canal plugged]&#039;&#039;The Hindu&#039;&#039; (Tamil Nadu), 27 Nov 2008&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=Gowing&gt;[http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0444e/A0444E03.htm Large Scale Irrigation Systems]&lt;/ref&gt; The main canal feeds Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels which irrigate the cultivable lands.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0444e/A0444E03.htm|title=Large Scale Irrigation Systems|access-date=26 January 2016}}&lt;/ref&gt; The canal was the brainchild M.A Eswaran, member of the legislative assembly of the Erode constituency in the early 1950s.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Kalingarayan Canal]]<br /> <br /> {{Bhavani River}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Erode district]]<br /> [[Category:Canals in Tamil Nadu]]<br /> [[Category:Gobichettipalayam]]<br /> [[Category:Bhavani River]]<br /> <br /> {{Erode-geo-stub}}<br /> {{India-transport-stub}}</div> >GreenC bot