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The Meenkara dam Project is located in the Muthalamada village in Palakkad District of Kerala State. Location of the Dam is Latitude 76 ° 48’E Longitude 10 °38’N. [6] The nearest towns are Kollangode in Kerala and Pollachi in Tamil Nadu. Meenkara Dam is an earthen dam with masonry spillway section and meets water requirement of an ayacut ...
Malampuzha Dam is the largest dam and reservoirs in Kerala, [2] located near Palakkad, in the state of Kerala in South India, built post independence by the then Madras state. Situated in the scenic hills of the Western Ghats in the background it is a combination of a masonry dam with a length of 1,849 metres and an earthen dam with a length of ...
Thunakkadavu Dam is situated in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala across Thoonakkadavu River, which is a tributary of Parambikulam River, in Palakkad district of Kerala, India. It is part of the Parambikulam-Aliyar Irrigation Project . [ 1 ]
Parambikulam Dam is an embankment dam on the Parambikulam River, [3] located in the Palakkad district in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India, ranks number one in India as well as in the top ten embankment dams in the world in volume in the year 2000. [4] View to the Parambikulam Reservoir. This Dam was built at the time of Kamarajar.
Pages in category "Dams in Palakkad district" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. K.
Though Bharathapuzha has a large basin, the water flow is relatively less compared to other long rivers in Kerala because a large portion of the basin is located in the comparatively drier regions (Tamil Nadu and Palakkad Gap). The construction of a number of dams after independence has also reduced the river flow. In fact, in the summer months ...
Pothundi Dam is an irrigation dam near Pothundi village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, India. Constructed in the 19th century, it is considered one of the oldest dams in India. It provides irrigation to an area of 5,470 hectares (13,500 acres) in the Palakkad district and drinking water supply to the Nemmara, Ayalur, Melarcode ...
Vadakodan Mala Kanjirapuzha Dam. The Kanjirapuzhan Dam is located on the Kanjirapuzha River, a tributary of the Thuthapuzha River, which itself joins the Bharatapuzha River, a part of the west-flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari. The dam has a catchment area of 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres), which lies entirely within the state boundary.