Lower Bhavani Project Canal

Lower Bhavani Project Canal
Specifications
Length 125 miles (201 km)
Status open
Geography
Branch(es) Thadapalli channel
Arakankottai channel
Branch of Bhavani River

Lower Bhavani Project Canal is a 201-kilometre (125 mi) 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.[1][2] The main canal feeds Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels which irrigate the cultivable lands.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Breach in LBP Canal pluggedThe Hindu (Tamil Nadu), 27 Nov 2008
  2. ↑ Large Scale Irrigation Systems
  3. ↑ "Large Scale Irrigation Systems". Retrieved 26 January 2016.


See also

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