District Collector M. Prathap visited on Tuesday Mathur aqueduct, an elevated engineering marvel built by late Chief Minister K. Kamaraj in 1966 for taking water from a hill to another for irrigation.

“I think it’s sort of like a hanging bridge. I read that it is 115 feet high and one kilometre long; one of the longest of its kind in all of Asia. It was built in 1966 and is used to transport water ...