Mr. Murugan said that the right over Periyar water for irrigation starts with Cumbum Valley, double crop and single crop. A flash road blockade by hundreds of farmers of Periyar single crop area in Melur seeking water for irrigating 85,000 acres of single crop area disrupted vehicular traffic on Madurai-Tiruchi highway for more than five hours on Monday. He said that the district administration and the PWD officials had not taken action on the farmers’ repeated petitions seeking water for single crop. But, now that the PWD had announced release of water for the extension areas in Theni district, we feel cheated,” M. Murugan, president of Periyar Single Crop Area Farmers’ Association. After the road traffic was brought to a halt for hours, the Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced that water would be released for the single crop area to meet the drinking water requirements of Melur area.
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