22-802: Palur is a small village in Kanchipuram district , Tamil Nadu in India . Suburban trains running between Chennai Beach - Chengalpattu - Tirumalpur section and Chengalpattu - Arakkonam section will stop here at Palur railway station. A Sivan Koil is located in this small village and this temple is known as Tirukaleeswarar temple. IRCTC (Indian Railways) had set-up a packaged drinking water plant named Railneer at Palur. Water bottles of Railneer (Palur) are sold in major railway stations and trains of southern railways. It connects Industrial area of Oragadam - Sriperumbudur where MSME industries operate and Nissan, Royal Enfield, Apollo Tyres, etc. Palur railway station code
44-629: A meager distance of 50 kilometres (31 mi) in Andhra Pradesh, where the Palar river had been seen dry for almost 20 years. Palar has been home for mud robbery and other illegal activities. In the State of Karnataka Palar River Originates from s Agrahara lake(kolar district of Karnataka). There are various reservoirs and check dams across the river to store the Water, While two of the most significant of them are
66-2039: Is "PALR". Chengalpattu to Palur Train Schedule CGL ; PALR Train No. Train Name 08:20 08:32 156SR Chengalpattu-Arakkonam passenger 08:35 08:57 BTL1 Chengalpattu–Tirumalpur EMU 18:15 18:31 196SR Pondicherry–Tirupati passenger 19:20 19:35 BTL3 Chengalpattu–Tirumalpur EMU 20:20 20:30 152SR Chengalpattu–Arakkonam passenger 20:45 21:07 BTL5 Chengalpattu–Tirumalpur EMU Palur to Chengalpattu Train Schedule PALR ; CGL Train No. Train Name 05:55 06:15 TLB2 Tirumalpur–Chengalpattu EMU 06:51 07:15 151SR Arakkonam–Chengalpattu Passenger 07:42 07:55 TLB4 Tirumalpur–Chengalpattu EMU 08:51 09:13 195SC Tirupati–Pondicherry Passenger 10:50 11:10 TLB6 Tirumalpur–Chengalpattu 18:31 19:10 TLB6 Arakkonam-Chengalpattu Passenger For updated train timings please refer http://www.srailway.com/sutt/cgl-tmpl-cgl.php Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
88-540: Is known famous for its fisheries till the year 2005. after which the Reservoir never got filled more than 40 percent of its capacity. The period from 2006 to the year of 2017 September the fate of the Palar river in this part was almost dry. The heavy rains in the hinterland and the basin of the palar river has brought the Bethamangala Reservoir back to its past glory, as of 6 October 2017 the Reservoir of Bethamangala
110-592: Is one feet deficit to its full capacity, while later Ramasagara Reservoir is just 15 percent filled and mostly dry, holds double the capacity of the former. A few famous places like the Avani, Bangaru tirupati, Vijeyendra Swamy Temple, Someshwara Swamy temple, lies in these region, with in twenty kilometers of the epicentre Bethamangala. Kaliappettai is located on the banks of the river. The town of Bethamangala, village of Ramasagara, Bangaru Tirupati (Guttahalli). This region also consists two reservoirs one at Bethamangala and
132-493: Is planning to set up its mineral water manufacturing plant (which is called as Rail Neer plant) at Palur. Kanchipuram district Kanchipuram district is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India . The area comprising the present day Kancheepuram district was earlier a part of Chingleput district . The original Chingleput district was split in 1997 into form the present day Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts. On 18 July 2019, Chengalpattu district
154-421: Is the main occupation of the people with 47% of the population engaged in it. Paddy is the major crop cultivated in this district. Groundnuts, sugarcane, cereals, millet and pulses are the other major crops cultivated. 76.50 metric tonnes lands are cultivated in fuel wood and 8.039 tonnes in cashew. Palar river along with tanks and wells are the main sources of irrigation in this district. More than 70 percent of
176-689: The Bay of Bengal at Vayalur about 75 kilometres (47 mi) south of Chennai . It flows as an underground river for a long distance only to emerge near Bethamangala town, from where, gathering water and speed, it flows eastward down the Deccan Plateau . The Towns of Bethamangala , Santhipuram, Kuppam , Mottur , Ramanaickenpet , Vaniyambadi , Ambur , Melpatti , Gudiyatham , Pallikonda , Anpoondi, Melmonavoor , Vellore , Katpadi , Melvisharam , Arcot , Ranipet , Walajapet , Kanchipuram , Walajabad , Chengalpattu , Kalpakkam , and Lattur are located on
198-956: The 163 notified areas (megalithic sites) in the state of Tamil Nadu are in Kancheepuram district, including those at Erumaiyur, Nandampakkam, Sirukalathur, Sikarayapuram, Ayyancheri, Kilambakkam and Nanmangalam. Palar Palar ( Tamil : பாலாறு pālāṟu [ˈpaːlaːɾu], Sanskrit : क्षीरनदी kṣīranadī , literally "milk river") is a river of southern India. It rises in the Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka state, and flows 93 kilometres (58 mi) in Karnataka, 33 kilometres (21 mi) in Andhra Pradesh and 222 kilometres (138 mi) in Tamil Nadu before reaching its confluence into
220-452: The Chennai city, the dependence on Palar river water has reduced drastically. The Andhra Pradesh Government is constructing an irrigation dam across the Palar river at Ganeshpuram, near Kuppam , Andhra Pradesh which has caused agitation among the people of the five northern districts of Tamil Nadu, namely Vellore , Kancheepuram , Tiruvannamalai , Thiruvallur and Chennai benefitted by
242-672: The age of six, constituting 220,341 males and 211,233 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 23.71% and 1.03% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the district was 75.37%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The district had a total of 1,006,245 households. There were a total of 1,673,814 workers, comprising 74,761 cultivators, 162,494 main agricultural labourers, 41,149 in house hold industries, 1,088,974 other workers, 306,436 marginal workers, 14,582 marginal cultivators, 110,020 marginal agricultural labourers, 13,583 marginal workers in household industries and 168,251 other marginal workers. Agriculture
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#1733125392685264-839: The banks of the Palar River. Of the seven tributaries, the chief tributary is the Cheyyar River . Palar river water from Palar anicut is diverted to the Poondi reservoir located in the Kosasthalaiyar River basin and to Chembarambakkam Lake located in the Adayar River basin. These two reservoirs are major water supply points to Chennai city. After commissioning of the Telugu Ganga project to supply nearly 1,000,000,000 litres (260,000,000 US gal) per day of Krishna River water to
286-438: The district. The southern part of Maduranthakam taluk contains small hills. The total forest area in the district is 23,586 hectares. </ref> Kancheepuram District consists of two revenue divisions and five taluks: According to 2011 census , Kancheepuram district had a population of 3,998,252 with a sex-ratio of 986 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 431,574 were under
308-407: The major donors, with 54% and 36% contribution each to the total annual rainfall. During normal monsoon, the district receives a rainfall of 1200 mm. The Palar river is the most important river running through the district. Through most of the year it remains dry, attributed to the construction of dams across the river in Andhra Pradesh . There are only a few hills of considerable elevation in
330-407: The northeast, Ranipet and Tiruvannamalai districts in the west and Thiruvallur district in the north. It lies between 11° 00' to 12° 00' latitudes and 77° 28' to 78° 50' longitudes. The district has a total geographical area of 4,43,210 hectares. The table below shows the maximum and minimum temperatures experienced in the district during different seasons. Northeast and Southwest monsoon are
352-481: The plight of the river from its origin in Karnataka till it joins Bay of Bengal . The 85-minute documentary delves into how activities such as sand quarrying and discharge of industrial effluents are sucking the life out of one of Tamil Nadu's prime sources of drinking water. It was directed by R.R. Srinivasan. This river is so important for irrigation in the north and south Arcot districts of Tamil Nadu, but it flows
374-483: The river. Tamil Nadu's former Chief Minister Jayalalitha voiced her opposition to this proposal and said "Palar is an inter-state river and was also one of the rivers mentioned in Schedule A annexed to the 1892 agreement which is in force as per Interstate River Water Disputes Act 1956. As per a clause of the agreement, the upstream state should not build any new dam or any structure to obstruct, divert, or store waters of
396-470: The rivers without the consent of the downstream state". The average rainfall in the entire Palar river basin is low. This river basin suffers from frequent droughts and there has been no full scale flow for the past 10 years. However, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have mitigated the frequent recurrence of droughts by building numerous minor and medium irrigation tanks. This has improved the availability of water for surface as well as ground water irrigation. As per
418-546: The two Consecutive dams that are back to back with in seven Kilometers. The reservoir of Bethamangala and The Reservoir of the Ramasagara also called as Bukkasagara. The reservoir of Bethamangala had been the main source of Drinking water to the Kolar Gold Fields. And it is also a Boating area. While the second one and the largest of all reservoirs is the reservoir of the Ramasagara, which holds numerous temples at this spot. It
440-407: The wet land atlas of India., the manmade wet lands are covering extensive area (3% to 5%) in the districts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu covering Palar river basin. Whereas the Palar basin in Andhra Pradesh is not well covered by wet lands which implies that the river water usage in Andhra Pradesh is not up to the mark compared to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In the year 1892 when the Palar waters agreement
462-559: Was carved out of Kanchipuram district, with suburbs from Chengalpet towards Chennai under the district headquarters in Chengalpet. The separation came into effect from 29 November which was done by former Chief Minister Mr. Edappadi K Palaniswami . Kanchipuram district is situated on the North Eastern part of Tamil Nadu. It is bounded by Chengalpattu district in the East, Chennai district in
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#1733125392685484-490: Was made, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh were part of then Madras Presidency. The 1892 agreement on Palar river water sharing is applicable between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh since the boundary line in Palar river basin between Madras Presidency and Mysore kingdom is now part of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh states. A documentary called En Peyar Palar produced by Social Action Movement and Water Rights Protection Group, Chengalpattu and released on 30 June 2008 chronicles
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