{"id":100812,"date":"2026-04-29T13:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T07:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=100812"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T07:58:26","slug":"noyyal-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/noyyal-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Noyyal River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Noyyal River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farmers dependent on Noyyal river in the region are looking forward to accelerating their campaign for securing the commitment of the next government for its remediation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Noyyal River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>tributary of the Kaveri <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River and<\/span><b> flows through Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>begins <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from numerous small streams in the <\/span><b>Vellingiri Hills of the Western Ghats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>districts of Coimbatore, Tirupur, and Erode<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>meets the Cauvery <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River at the Noyyal village in <\/span><b>Karur District.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: 158 km<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> seasonal river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with<\/span><b> rapid flows during the monsoon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> periods.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Noyyal <\/span><b>watershed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>connected with a series of 32 tanks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 14 major <\/span><b>canals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 23 <\/span><b>anicuts, and 55 check dams.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Most of these <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">check dams and anicuts were <\/span><b>constructed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chola-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chola Kings<\/a>, who ruled <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the region in the <\/span><b>9th to 12th centuries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to augment irrigation and control floods downstream.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Until the early 20th century,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Noyyal was the <\/span><b>main drinking water sourc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e for the region.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Today <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Noyyal is <\/span><b>one of the most polluted rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Coimbatore\/farmers-in-coimbatore-tiruppur-belt-to-intensify-campaign-for-noyyal-river-remediation-by-the-next-government\/article70917062.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noyyal River is a tributary of the Kaveri River and flows through Tamil Nadu. 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