AUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, PARTS OF PALAKKAD DISTRICT, KERALA CENTRAL GROUND
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Kerala
|
District |
Palakkad |
Block |
Alathur Attappadi Chittur Kollengode Kuzhalmannam Malampuzha Mannarkad Nemmara Ottappalam Palakkad Pattambi Sreekrishnapuram Trithala |
Year of Issue |
2018 |
Number of Authors |
1 |
Name of Authors |
S.Singathurai |
Keywords |
NAQUIM Report, Data analysis and generation gap, Climate Rainfall, Irrigation Agriculture, Geology Geomorphology, Hydrogeology Drainage, Ground water Dynamic, Ground Water Quality, Aquifer Disposition. Aquifer Characteristics, Ground Water Resource, Ground water Related Issues, Management Strategies, |
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The Aquifer management study was taken up in parts of Palakkad district, covering an area of 3514 Sq.Km of which, 1336 Sq.Km falls in hilly and forest cover, thus, the actual study area is 2174 Sq.Km, covering of six blocks Attapadi, Mannarkkad, Sreekrishnapuram, Pattambi, Thirthala, Ottapalam and Partly covering Palakkad, Kuzhalmannam, Alathur, Nenmara Kollengode blocks of Palakkad district.
The area is served by a good network of roads and rail connecting important adjoining places in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The study area is mainly comprised of Archaean metamorphic complex, predominantly the migmatite gneissic complex. Other rock formations such as charnockite and khondalite group of rocks cover less than 5% of the area. Intrusive rocks, pegmatite and quartz veins, are common in the eastern part of the area. The area is mainly drained by Bharathapuzha’s tributaries namely Gayathripuzha,
Kannadipuzha (Chitturpuzha) and Kalpathypuzha. Gayathripuzha originates in Anamali hills and flows along NW - SE trending faulty valley through Kollengode, Nenmara, Vadakancherry, Alathur and Pazhayannur before its confluence with Ponnani River (Bharathapuzha) at Mayannur. The Kannadipuzha has three sub-tributaries viz; Palar, Aliyarand and Uppar. Kalpathypuzha originates south of Coimbatore and flows roughly in an E - W trend. It has four sub-tributaries viz - Korayar, Varattar, Walayar and Malampuzha. No additional data on drainage generated and the available information has been used in the present study. The information on geomorphology is collected from the available literature and from the geomorphology map prepared by the Land Use Board, Govt, of Kerala. The Land Use Board has prepared toposheet wise geomorphology in 1:50000 scale. Based on this Information the geomorphology of the area has been defined and the geomorphology map Prepared. The area is mainly drained by Bharathapuzha’s tributaries namely Gayathripuzha, Kannadipuzha (Chitturpuzha) and Kalpathypuzha. Gayathripuzha originates in Anamali hills and flows along NW - SE trending faulty valley through Kollengode, Nenmara, Vadakancherry, Alathur and Pazhayannur before its confluence with Ponnani River (Bharathapuzha) at Mayannur. The Kannadipuzha has three sub-tributaries viz; Palar, Aliyarand and Uppar. Kalpathypuzha originates south of Coimbatore and flows roughly in an E - W trend. It has four sub-tributaries viz - Korayar, Varattar, Walayar and Malampuzha. No additional data on drainage generated and the available information has been used in the present study.