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| name = Kulamavu Dam
| name_official =
| image = Kulamavu dam.jpg
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| image_caption = Kulamavu dam
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| location_map = India#India Kerala#India Tamil Nadu
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| location_map_caption = Location in Kerala
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| coordinates = {{coord|9|48|10.59|N|76|53|46|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
| location = Kulamavu, [[Idukki]], [[Kerala]]
| purpose = Hydroelectric
| status = Operational
| construction_began = 30 April 1969
| opening = February 1977
| demolished =
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| owner = [[Kerala State Electricity Board]]
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| dam_type = Gravity, masonry
| dam_crosses = [[Periyar River]]
| dam_height_foundation= {{cvt|100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| dam_length = {{Convert|385|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| spillway_capacity = {{convert|1600|m3/s|abbr=on}}
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| res_catchment = 38 [[Square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]]
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'''Kulamavu Dam''' is a [[gravity dam|gravity]]/[[masonry]] dam on Kilivillithode which is a tributary of the [[Periyar (river)|Periyar river]] [[Arakkulam Village]] in [[Idukki district|Idukki]] district of [[Kerala]], [[India]] . It is one of the three dams associated with the [[Idukki Dam|Idukki hydro electric power project]] in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://idukki.nic.in/dam-hist.htm|title=Dam|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819084557/http://idukki.nic.in/dam-hist.htm|archive-date=19 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>This dam is located towards the western side of the Idukki Arch Dam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ITTCOS {{!}} Idukki Taluk Tourism Development Co-operative Society Ldt No I-736|url=http://ittcosidukki.com/tourist-spots.php?p=60|access-date=2021-07-23|website=ittcosidukki.com}}</ref> This is a gravity dam with the top portion in concrete and the bottom in masonry. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala State Electricity Board Limited - Periyar Basin Hydro Projects|url=https://www.kseb.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69:periyar-basin-hydro-electric-projects&catid=2&lang=en&Itemid=714|access-date=2021-07-23|website=www.kseb.in}}</ref>

The dam is situated on the [[Thodupuzha]] - [[Puliyanmala]] state highway ([[State Highway 33 (Kerala)|SH-33]]), about {{cvt|23|km}} from Idukki arch dam, {{cvt|22|km}} from [[Cheruthoni Dam|Cheruthoni dam]] and {{cvt|38|km}} from Thodupuzha. The dam was completed in the year 1977 and is operated and maintained by Kerala State Electricity Board.

The dams of [[Idukki Dam|Idukki]], [[Cheruthoni Dam|Cheruthoni]] and Kulamavu extend to an area of 33 km². The construction of these three dams formed a 60 km² artificial lake. The water stored in it is used for the production of electricity at the power house in [[Moolamattom]].<ref>{{Citation|title=കേരളത്തിന്റെ ഊർജ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിന് ദേശീയ റെക്കോഡ്; അഭിമാന പദ്ധതി {{!}} Moolamattom power house|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9q4EqaQtBo|language=en|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|last1=Jul 13|first1=TNN / Updated|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=13:34|title=Kerala: Moolamattam power plant generates 10,000 crore units {{!}} Kochi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/moolamattam-power-plant-generates-10000cr-units/articleshow/76928909.cms|access-date=2021-07-23|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Taluks through which release flow are
[[Thodupuzha]], [[Udumbanchola|Udupanchola]], [[Devikulam taluk|Devikulam]], [[Kothamangalam]], [[Muvattupuzha Taluk|Muvattupuzha]], [[Kunnathunad|Kunnathunadu]], [[Aluva]], [[Kodungallur|Kodungalloor]] and [[Paravur Taluk|Paravur]].

==Specifications==

*Type of Dam :Masonry & Concrete Gravity
*Classification : VH (Very High Dam )
*Panchayath : Arakkulam
* Village : idukki
*District : Idukki
*River Basin : Periyar
*River : Kilivallithodu
*Release from Dam to river : Kilivallithodu
* Length of Dam (m) : 385
*Max Height above Foundation (m) :100
*Total Volume Content of Dam (TCM) :453.13
*Design Flood (cumec) :8014 <ref>http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kulamavu(Eb)_Dam_D03334</ref>
*Maximum Water Level (MWL) : EL 2408.50ft. ( 734.30 m)
*Full Reservoir Level ( FRL) : EL 2403.00ft. ( 732.62 m)
*Storage at FRL : 1996.30Mm3
*Spillway : No spillway

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==Resesrvoir==
[[File:View on Kulamavu Dam Reservoir.jpg|thumb|left|250px| Kulamavu reservoir]]

==Hydroelectric project==

This Underground Power Station is supposedly a technological achievement. There are six generating units each of 130 MW capacity. There are seven 220KV feeders for transmitting the power to the load centers. The power generated in the powerhouse is taken to the switchyard through 220 KV oil filled cables. After power generation, water from the power station is released to the [[Thodupuzha River|Thodupuzha]] River through an underground tunnel which is 1220 meters in length. This tail race water is in turn used for producing electricity in the Malankara Small Hydro Electric Station and also for irrigation by means of Irrigation dam at [[Malankara Dam|Malankara]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala State Electricity Board Limited - Periyar Basin Hydro Projects|url=https://www.kseb.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69:periyar-basin-hydro-electric-projects&catid=2&lang=en&Itemid=714|access-date=2021-07-23|website=www.kseb.in}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Cheruthoni Dam]]
* [[Idukki Dam]]
* [[List of reservoirs and dams in India]]
* [[Moolamattom|Moolamattom Power Station]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jffwxXciB4&list=RDCMUCAK0P7b-eQ7u5waz93Ld_Ww&index=3 Telefilm about Idukki Dam]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180419015627/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kulamavu(Eb)_Dam_D03334 Kulamavu(Eb) Dam data]

{{commons category|Kulamav Dam}}
{{Dams in Kerala}}

[[Category:Dams in Idukki district]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1977]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Kerala]]

Kulamavu Dam - Revision history

->Sarangmkannan1040 at 06:46, 23 October 2021