Narasampathy tank is situated in the village Veerapaatti. The capacity of the tank is 59.8 MCft. The tank has 560.65 acrea of registered ayacut and water spread area of 122.51 acres. The catchment area is 16 sq.km. Presently, the water revived area is 114.25 acres. There are two sluice present. The full tank level is 11 m.
The Noyyal river water is diverted to at the point of Chitrachavadi anaicut, then water is passing through the Pudhukulam tank, after overflow water reached to Konarampathy tank, then water reached to Narasimpathy tank. This is chain of water tank of river Noyyal.
The water spread area of the tank is 0.502 sq.km. The encroachment area is nearly 6 acres. 150 huts encroachment in the water spread area and 5.06 acres of land is already leased out to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
Cardiospermum halicacabum is a climber frequently seen here. Alternanthera pungens, Alternanthera sessilis, Argemone mexicana, Centranthera indicum, Croton bonplandianus, Crozophora rottleri, Fuirena sp., Gnaphalium parviflorus, Moschosma indicum and Parthenium hysterophorus could be seen all through the tank area. Stemodia viscose a semi aquatic herb also could be seen here. Xanthium indicum is a shrubby weed, which is most frequently seen in this area.
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