Ajan Dam

      History: Located at Bharatpur, Ajan Dam is an earthen dam which was constructed in 1760. It was constructed to protect Bharatpur from the annual vagary of nature. The depression created by extraction of soil for the dam was cleared and this became the Keoladeo [...]

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Koyna Dam

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River(Impounds): Koyna River Location:  Satara district, Maharashtra Opening: 1964 Height: 103.2 m Length: 807.2 m Total Capacity: 2,267,900 [...]

Walayar Dam

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HISTORY: Walayar Dam is a dam in Palakkad district of Kerala, south India. This dam is constructed across the Walayar River which is a tributary of Kalpathipuzha River. It [...]

Tunacadavu Dam

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HISTORY: Thunakkadavu Dam is situated in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala across Thunacadavu River, which is a tributary of Parambikulam River, in Palakkad district [...]

Siruvani dam

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HISTORY: siruvani is a dam in Palakkad District, Kerala located 46 km away from Palakkad town. This dam constructed across the Siruvani River, is for supplying drinking [...]

Sholayar Dam

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HISTORY: Upper Solaiyar or Upper Sholayar Dam (சோழையார் Shozhaiyaar) is situated 20 km (12 mi) from Valparai, a hill station in the Anaimalai Hills of the [...]

Pothundi Dam

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HISTORY: Pothundi Damis an irrigation dam near Pothundi village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, India. Constructed in the 19th century, it is considered one of [...]

Poringalkuthu (Eb)/Peringalkuthu Dam

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HISTORY: Peringalkuthu Dam is a concrete dam built across the Chalakkudi River in Thrissur district, Kerala state of India. It also contains Peringalkuthu Hydro Electric [...]

Poomala dam

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HISTORY: In 1939 a division weir was constructed in the Poomala Valley and in 1968 a Poomala reservoir was commissioned. The dam is managed by the Kerala Minor Irrigation [...]

Ponmudi (Eb) Dam

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HISTORY: The Ponmudi Dam, in the Idukki district, State of Kerala, India, is a hydroelectric project constructed across the Panniar River, a tributary of the Periyar River [...]

Peruvaripallam Dam

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HISTORY: Peruvaripallam Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam on the Peruvaripallam River in Palakkad district of Kerala, India. The dam's reservoir is connected to the [...]