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4.2.3 Water supply
The Puducherry region is
characterized by the deltaic
channels of the Rivers Gingee
and Pennaiyar. Puducherry
region has a great amount of
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tanks and ponds. There are 59
system tanks (connected to
river systems) and 25
non-system tanks (rain-fed)
that irrigate around 6600
hectares of land. The water
supply system is created by Public Works Department and the daily
operations and maintenance is carried out Ariankuppam Commune
Panchayat. The total water abstracted for supply in Ariankuppam is 3.1 MLD
from the subsurface only. There are 9 bore wells in Ariankuppam. The water is
extracted and directly pumped into 7 OHT for distribution purposes. These
bore wells are 45m to 120 m deep and reported to be yielding about 700-1000
LPM
4.2.4 Vegetation
The mangrove exists as a fringing vegetation distributed along the sides of
Ariankuppam estuary/backwaters, some of the mangrove trees fall types of
mangrove species: avicennia rhizophora mucronata A. illicifolius types trees
in site. banyan trees coconut trees mango trees.
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