Numerous other agricultural features such as check dams, erosion control walls and wells have been recorded.
People walk along this check dam and cross over to the other side of the river.
Poorly maintained, with little security, the park, built less than five years ago, is at best a glorified entrance to the check dam.
There are two check dams across the river at Tamaraipakkam and Vallur.
The check dam would recharge the water table at a radius of 10 km.
When building a swale, you can include check dams to slow the flow of water.
Several small check dams have been built on these streams to collect rainwater.
By December 2008, 500,000 structures had been constructed, of which 113,738 were check dams.
Under normal conditions, this check dam is completely underwater and cannot be seen from the surface.
There is also a small check dam built on a creek that passes by the village, which also serves part of agriculture land.