CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -It is a district level initiative, which aims to restore the Social Ecological Systems of Tamiraparani river riverscape from head-waters to the estuary to enable conditions for native biodiversity to thrive and maintain and enhance multiple ecosystem services to local stakeholders.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tamirabarani–Nambiar Link Canal is a proposed canal in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu which will link Tamirabarani, Karumeniyar and Nambiyar rivers. Tamil Nadu depends heavily on water from the rivers originating from the neighbouring states of Kerala and Karnataka.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Thamirabarani or Tamraparni or Porunai is a perennial river that originates from the Agastyarkoodam peak of Pothigai hills of the Western Ghats, above Papanasam in the Ambasamudram taluk. It flows through Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts of the Tamil Nadu state of southern India into the Gulf of Mannar.

Detailed explanation-4: -This is the shortest river in the state, the Thamirabarani starts in Pothigai hills of the Western Ghats in the Ambasamudram taluk, flows through Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts and empties at Korkai into the Gulf of Mannar (Bay of Bengal). It thus originates and ends in the same state.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thamirabharani is the only perennial river in Tamil Nadu. The river originates from the Pothigai hills in the Western Ghats above Papanasam in the Ambasamudram taluk.