West goes to East
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Madura, the South Indian city,has many stories to tell.
The land was reeling under seviour drought .
Prayers yielded .
Lord Siva asked Parvathy to keep her hand on the land .
From there erupted the River Vaikai
Vai ( tamil ) keep down
Kai ( tamil ) hand
Vaikai ( keep hand )
So the name Vaikai ( Vaigai) for the river running through the land , Madura.
Vaigai River is the Main Water Resource for entire Earstwhile Madura District , which includes the present day Ramnad district also.
Ramnad kingdom was devoid of even drinking water.
The minister of Ramnad under the direction of King tried for diverting water from Mullai ar, but in vain.
During the British rule , Madura went under severe drought.
Under the instruction from the government , the Executive Engineer , investigated for a water project.
He climbed up the eastern side of the western ghat .
He came across the Suruli ar. He went further deep in the forest ,high above and reached the ridge .
Wow!
On the western side of western ghat flows a perineal river with abundant water.
But the area lies on another Kingdom .
Travancore and Cochin was the two kingdoms lying on the western side of western ghats.
Thinking the river flows through Cochin , he wrote a letter to the ruler of Cochin .
Then he got a reply that the river Periyar flows through Travancore .
He then approached the Travancore kingdom for diversion of water of Periyar .
This kingdom was under the supervision of Resident of British rulers .
British Army helped Maharaja of Venad to win the war of Kulachal .
The Dutch traders were defeated by Venad Maharaja ,
Raja of Travancore has to part with his lifeline of water of Periyar with the British rulers of Madras .
That was history
The project to divert west flowing water to east started thus.
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