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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Mullaperiar dam

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HISTORY: The unique idea of harnessing the westward flowing water of the Periyar river and diverting it to the eastward flowing Vaigai river was first explored in 1789 by [...]

Peechi (Id) Dam

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HISTORY: Peechi Dam is situated 22 km (14 mi) outside Thrissur city in Kerala, India. The dam was started as an irrigation project for the surrounding villages in Thrissur. [...]

Parambikulam Dam

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HISTORY: Parambikulam Dam is an embankment dam on the Parambikulam River, Parambikulam located in the Palakkad district in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India, ranks [...]

Meenkara (Gayathri Stage I) (Id) Dam

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HISTORY: A small country canoe or vallom cutting through the calm waters of the Dam. Meenkara dam is built in the year 1960 and is one of the dams in Gayathri River dam [...]

Meenar I (Sabarigiri Aug.) (Eb) Dam

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HISTORY: Sabarigiri Hydroelectric Power Plant India is located at Moozhiyar, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. Location coordinates are: Latitude= 9.3098, Longitude= [...]

Mangalam (Id) Dam

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HISTORY: Mangalam dam is constructed across the river Cherukunnapuzha which is a tributary of Mangalam river. A canal system for irrigation purpose was completed and opened [...]

Malankara (Id)/Muttam/Thodupuzha Dam

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HISTORY: Malankara dam is a gravity dam constructed across Thodupuzha river for irrigation purposes. The dam is constructed to make use of the tail water from the [...]

Malampuzha (Id) Dam

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HISTORY: Malampuzha Dam is the largest reservoir in Kerala, located near Palakkad in south India with the scenic hills of the Western Ghats in the background. It is a [...]

Madupetty (Eb) Dam

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HISTORY: Mattupetty Dam (Madupetty Dam), near Munnar in Idukki District, is a storage Concrete Gravity dam built in the mountains of Kerala, India to conserve water for [...]

Kallar Dam

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HISTORY: Kallar is small town in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala, India. Kallar is 45 km from Thiruvananthapuram, while the town of Ponmudi is a further 15 km away. [...]