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Three dams - Munnar Headworks Dam, Lower Periyar Dam, and Maniyar Dam - have no drainage area across the river. The Idukki Dam and Idamalayar Dams hold 48 percent of the total storage capacity combined of all dams in Kerala. There are multiple dams in 3 reservoirs - Gavi Dam, Kakki Dam, and Idukki Dam. In addition, there are 10 large barrages ...
[1] [2] As of July, 2019, total number of large dams in India is 5,334. [3] About 447 large dams are under construction in India. [4] In terms of number of dams, India ranks third after China and the United States. Uttarakhand's Tehri Dam, is one of the largest dams in the world and was constructed in the 2006 across Ganges River.
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 ...
The Madras Presidency was organised to form Madras State in 1947. On 1 November 1956, the state of Kerala was formed by the States Reorganisation Act. The Kerala state government announced that the earlier agreement which had been signed between British Raj and Travancore agreement was invalid and needed to be renewed. [29]
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The Idukki Dam is a double-curvature arch dam constructed across the Periyar River in a narrow gorge between two granite hills locally known as Kuravan and Kurathi in Idukki district in the state of Kerala, India. It is constructed and owned by the Kerala State Electricity Board.
The Pazhassi Dam also called Kulur Barrage is a stone masonry diversion structure in Kannur district, Kerala, India. It is named after king Pazhassi Raja, a patriot who died a heroic death in the war. The dam is constructed across the west flowing Bavali river near Veliyambra. It was commissioned by Prime Minister Morarji Desai in 1979.