WRIT OF MANDAMUS or any other appropriate writ or direction to remove encroachment in the nandan canal and further direct, the respondents 1 to 4 to implement the river linking project between thenpennaiaaru, paalaru, nandan canal in the Nandan canal which had been came during Kamaraj regime and pass such or further other orders and thereby render justice

[13/08, 18:13] sekarreporter1: WRIT OF MANDAMUS or any other appropriate writ or direction to remove encroachment in the nandan canal and further direct, the respondents 1 to 4 to implement the river linking project between thenpennaiaaru, paalaru, nandan canal in the Nandan canal which had been came during Kamaraj regime and pass such or further other orders and thereby render justice
[13/08, 18:13] sekarreporter1: The retrieval of the canal to ensure uninterrupted flow of water to the 36 tanks in the two districts remains a pipe dream for the last 133 years. Neglect and lack of maintenance by the government over decades has led to the deterioration of this canal, and its retrieval project has remained on paper

It was once the lifeline of 120 villages in Villupuram and Tiruvannamalai districts through which it flowed. The 200-year-old Nandan Canal constructed during the British period, linking the two district,s has now deteriorated due to utter neglect and lack of maintenance by subsequent governments over the decades. The canal covers a distance of 35.86 km, snaking through 10.40 km in Tiruvannamalai district and 25.46 km in Villupuram district. It once ensured supply of water to 36 tanks including 22 tanks in Villupuram district.The canal irrigated around 1,566 acres in Tiruvannamalai district and 5,032 acres in Villupuram district. However, the flow of water through the canal stopped after the Pallikonda Anicut in Tiruvannamalai district collapsed in 1886. Consequently, the canal has shrunk in size owing to encroachments on both sides.
[13/08, 18:13] sekarreporter1: ACJ
Item 11(P)-Ayyanar – admit. Notice returnable by 2 weeks.