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 Projects. The other dam in Gayathri project is Chulliyar dam across river Chulliyar.The project was sanctioned by 1956 and opened for irrigation by 1960 with a network of canal system for an area of 10930 hectors in the Chittur taluk of Palaghat.
Canals and Dams for irrigation and Hydro Electricity is built across all the major rivers in the district and still some of them is in progress like the ones in kanjirapuzha and chitturpuzha. Their are other dams across the sub tributaries of the gayathri rivers like Pothundi dam in tributaries of Ayalur river and Mangalam dam in tributary of Mangalam river Cherukunnapuzha.