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Kerala Meenkara Dam
Official Name : Meenkara Dam
Location : Palakkad region as of Kerala state
Coordinates: 10°37'21"N 76°48'16"E
This Meenkara dam located in the Palakkad region as of Kerala state, which is designed in stream Meenkara tributary of the Bharathapuzha stream. Meenkara dam has been known as under the Gayathri stream task which has number of tributaries and watering Public works. River Gayathri has been the number of five tributary waterways to Bharathapuzha such as Mangalam puzha, Meenkara Puzha, Vandazhipuzha, Ayalur Puzha and the Chulliyar.
Effect of the Project
There are many stream dams in the tributaries such as Chulliyar dam, Mangalam Dam, etc which is mainly dams designed up for the Irrigation of plants in the Palakkad region, a position having huge Paddy farming comparative to the other regions. The whole number of waterways is called as Gayathri Puzha that moves through locations of Nanmara, Wadakkancherry, Alathur, Pazhayannur, Kollengode, and joint parts into Bharatha Puzha as well as Nila at the Mayannur. River of Gayathri orginates from the Anamudy Mountains the biggest factor of European Ghats hill varies. Meenkara dam has been designed in season 1960 and one of dams as in Gayathri River dam Projects. The dam in the Gayathri venture has been Chulliyar dam across stream Chulliyar. The venture was approved by year 1956 and started out for watering by year 1960 with program of tunnel program for a position of 10933 hectors in Chittur taluk as of Palaghat.
The relaxed pond of this dam on gloomy days! Thickly loaded with rain-forest which is an attribute of European Ghats and with these mountains status such as Security officers for stream, the position is 1 of most picturesque Dam site Kerala currently has.
Clear and genuine hill River pond established in catchments position of the Meenkara Dam
Power Generation
Canals and Public works for watering as well as Hydro Power is designed across all significant waterways in region and few of them is improvement like ones at kanjirapuzha as well as chitturpuzha. There are dams across sub tributaries of gayathri waterways such as Pothundi dam as in tributary of the Ayalur stream as well as Mangalam dams in the Mangalam stream tributary of Cherukunnapuzha.
Attractions
Meenkara Lake Dam, a picturesque pond enclosed by jungles as well as mountain in catchments position of Meenkara watering dam venture. Individuals around do sport fishing in its pond for residing needs. The water through dam is used for Irrigation objective through huge program of tunnel program growing out through entire palakkad region. The pathways are fed with water through hydro watering dams. A little nation kayak and vallom reducing through relaxed rich waters of Dam. You should check out this position for picturesque organic charm in as well as around this dam with landscapes and wetlands. Once being as in region of the Kerala palakkad, you can't skip these dams and great varies such as Nelliyampathy high varies which are significant eye-catching vacationer areas in the Kerala states nearby cities: Palakkad; Pollachi; Madukarai
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