Aravakurichi, situated on National Highway 7, is not far from Karur, which is known for housing a number of industrial units including home textiles and bus body building. However, industrialisation that is witnessed in Karur has not spread to Aravakurichi constituency except blue metal mining at Thennilai and K. Paramathi and Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Paper Ltd at Pugalur.
The constituency that begins from Aravakurichi and Pallapatty in the south extends up to Velayuthampalayam in the north. While most parts of Aravakurichi and K. Paramathi unions have parched lands and rocky terrains, Velayuthampalayam is blessed with fertile lands.
Aravakurichi is one of the drought-prone belts in Karur district. Drinking water remains a major issue. According to residents, water is supplied once in four or five days to homes and they have to store the drinking water in drums and cans. Though successive elected representatives promised a combined Cauvery drinking water project for stable water supply, several areas of the constituency face acute drinking water scarcity, particularly in summer months.
“We have suffered from the drinking water crisis for many years. We get water once every five days. Several villages of the constituency are reeling under drinking water shortage,” says P. Jothirathinam, a resident of Aravakurichi.
