[1][2] The main canal feeds Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels which irrigate the cultivable lands.

In 2013, the government of Tamil Nadu took up the project of the concrete lining of the LBP canal, however, it was dropped after farmers heavily opposed it.

[4] Now again after several years, the government has planned to start this project , by just referring to renovation works which include concrete lining.

[5] According to many farmers, if the project gets started, it will severely affect the recharge of underground water,[6] thereby posing a serious threat to the whole agriculture ecosystem and domestic water supply system and directly affecting lakhs of farmers and ordinary citizens living in the districts of Erode, Tiruppur and Karur.

[7] These districts receive low rainfall and are classified as semi-arid regions and this canal is the only source of water for all the people living here.