Government of India Department of Industries and Labour (Public Works Branch). Irrigation in India Review for 1930-31

(vii) In connection with the drainage improvements to the Shiyali taluk in the Tanjore district plans and estimates for improvements to the Nallur and Kittianai Uppanar and for the formation of a diversion bank for the Coleroon in the limit3 of Kattur and Mahendrappalli. [...] Character of the seasons.—In the Deccan the rainfall was on the whole satisfactory except in the canal tract of the Sholapur Collectorate where it was poor. [...] The decrease in the areas irrigated was due to the copious rainfall during the year and the fall in the price of rice. [...] The expenditure incurred up to the end of the year on the construction of locks and sluices in the Lower Kumar river and the Madaripur Bil. [...] The work of checking the wideing of the chord cut of the Twante canal was recommended as eiVion still continues ; the work is being executed with due regard to the larger proposal for widening the canal to meet the increase in volume of traffic.