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When the dam was planned English people gave some money and
evacuated the people who lived in Nayambadi village which was in the
place of present Mettur dam.
When the water level of the dam recedes even now we can see age old
Hindu temples and church emerge from it as a proof. Those people who
migrated from Nayambadi have settled down in Martalli village and near
by villages which are part of Kollegal district Karnataka state, then
those villages were part of Erode district, Tamil Nadu.
Those were the days Kaveri disputes were at its peak, whenever
disputes broke out these villagers were the victims. People ran here and
there to save their lives. Men tried to guard village with weapon,
keeping their women and children locked in house.
Getting There
Salem is well connected by good
roads. There are a number of buses running from other major cities and
towns to Salem. Salem Junction (Station code: SA) is well connected by a
good railway network. In fact, it is a divisional headquarters in
Southern Railway. It's connected to Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore and
other major cities and towns of Tamil Nadu and India.
Salem Airport is
situated on Salem-Bangalore Highway at a place known as Kaamalapuram near
Omalur. It is about 20 km away from the city. Currently there are no
scheduled airlines operating at
Salem Airport due to poor patronage.
The nearest international airport is
Coimbatore International
Airport, located in Coimbatore, 160 kms away. It is a three and half hour
drive to Coimbatore from Salem.
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