Kodiveri dam | Bavanisagar dam | kodiveri dam waterfalls | Mettur dam

kodiveri dam It was constructed by Kongalvan(Vettuva gounder) in the year 1125. Creating the dam consisted of carving a 20-foot wall of rock. The stones were then interlocked with iron bars and lead was used as mortar. These features, however, are not visible except in the dry season when the water level in the river drops considerably bhavanisagar dam Bhavanisagar dam is constructed on the Bhavani River. The dam receives water from two main catchment areas in the Western Ghats. The water is fed into the Bhavani river known as Upper Bhavani. The eastern catchment area includes the Upper Bhavani, Avalanche and Emerald lakes, Kundha, Gedhai, Pillur and Nellithurai. The western catchment area includes Portimund, Parson’s valley,Pykara,Glenmorgan,Chinkara,Maravakandy,Moyar and Thengumarahatta. The dam is fed by both Southwest and Northeast monsoons. The dam feeds water into two canals, Lower Bhavani Project Canal and Kalingarayan Canal. The Kalingarayan canal feeds Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels and the LBP canal feeds the Thadapalli and Arakankottaichannels. Canal Ayacut area Lower Bhavani Project Canal 205 thousand acres (830 km2) Kalingarayan canal 15.743 thousand acres (63.71 km2) Thadapalli and Arakankottai 24.504 thousand acres (99.16 km2)

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