The Kollidam (referred to as Coleroon in Colonial English) is a river in southeastern India. The Kollidam is the northern distributary of the Kaveri River as it flows through the delta of Thanjavur. It splits from the main branch of the Kaveri River at the island of Srirangam and flows eastward into the Bay of Bengal. The distribution system in Kollidam lies at Lower Anaicut which is an island of river Kollidam.
Heavy floods in 2005 necessitated the flood prevention works along the Kollidam river by the Public Works Department (PWD).
A day after experiencing heavy rainfall, delta districts geared up to tackle flooding of rivers including Kollidam and Amaravathi... or drive livestock through water when water is released in Kollidam.
Trichy. A 46-year-old contract worker employed to fix a pipeline burst on the drinking water network was trapped in a mudslide in Srirangam near the banks of Kollidam river on Thursday ...Heavy machinery was mobilised to dig the soil up to 9 feet ... .
... on Oct 30.The police, who recovered the shell on Friday, defused it through controlled detonation in the river Kollidam on Saturday.Locals, who spotted the mortar shell, alerted the Jeeyapuram police.
... standard operating procedures, a bomb detection and disposal squad dug a four-foot-deep pit and placed sandbags around it before detonating the shell on the Kollidam river bank at Mukkombu in Trichy.
Tamil Nadu govt has accorded administrative sanction for the Perambalur CombinedWater Supply Scheme (CWSS), a project to supply Kollidam river water to address the drinking water needs of Perambalur ...
Water ResourcesDepartment to build a similar structure at Kariyamanickam near Mukkombu to prevent recurring erosion of the bund during flood discharges ....
Officials noted that zone I, which includes 13 wards such as Srirangam, Thiruvanaikoil, and Melachinthamani, faces flooding risks mainly from the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers.
Additionally, the local body aims to increase the yield from its drinking water wells on the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers by 100MLD to meet growing demand.A final decision on the inclusion of ...
... of siblings who drowned in Kollidam river, retrievedThe bodies of two brothers from Chennai who drowned in the Kollidam river in Thanjavur were retrieved after an extensive search.
The bodies of two brothers who drowned in the waters of the Kollidam river in Poondi in Thanjavur district on Sunday, were retrieved on Monday ... The body of Franklin was found floating in the river and ...
They were part of a group of 18 people that travelled to Velankanni on September 6; on the morning of September, the group visited AnnaiMaria Basilica near Thirukattupalli ....
The plan includes strengthening river bunds, adding earthen barriers, and constructing other protective structures to prevent river water from flooding farmlands ....