Impact on Deevanur tank irrigation system using buried PVC pipe line – A case study

Abstract

Water is a very essential thing for all forms of life’s in our Ecosystem. Society has the various forms of water demands such as the Domestic needs, Commercial needs, Institutional and industrial water needs, Water for public use and the Fire demand. But due to increase in population and urbanisation the utmost water resource is now under serious threat due to exploitation of water resource and the unsustainable usage of water. The immediate need of the existing situation is sustainable usage of water at all parts of the world. Water resource is an important criteria for Irrigation activities. Tropical countries like India is totally rely on Irrigation to overcome their food demand for their existing population. It is been calculated that the 50 percent of water demand will gets increase towards irrigation in India by the year 2025. This demand can be only achieved by increasing the effectiveness of irrigation. Tank irrigation is much popular in the southern state of India like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu the second largest place in India for the implementation of Tank Irrigation. Nearly 589 thousand hectares of agricultural land in Tamil Nadu covers under the tank irrigation system. This system covers 23 percentage of overall tank irrigation system in India. There are 39,202 tanks, in-charge of Public Works Department (PWD includig Ex-Zamin tanks) and Panchayat Unions, in Tamil Nadu. The research was conducted at Deevanur tank, which is situated in Deevanur village in at Tindivanam Taluk of Vilupuram District in Tamil Nadu, India, This study emphases on the impact generated on Deevanur tank due to the laying of Buried PVC pipe line in sluice command area. The outcome of the study shows that the crop cultivated area 56% and cultivation of paddy crop in second season is well flourished.