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{{Short description|Small diversion dam in Kerala, India}}<br />
'''Kuttiar Weir''' (Malayalam: കുട്ടിയാർ തടയണ) is a small diversion dam constructed across [[Kuttiar River]] in [[Elappara]] panchayath of [[Vagamon]] Village of [[Idukki district|Idukki District]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. The Kuttiar weir is constructed for augmenting water to the Idukki Hydro Electric Project. The weir has a height of {{Convert|16.5|m}} from the deepest foundation and a length of {{Convert|101.35|m}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiawris.gov.in/wiki/doku.php?id=dams_in_kerala|title=Dams in Kerala|website=indiawris.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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[[Narakakkanam Weir|Narakakkanam]], [[Azhutha Dam|Azhutha]], [[Vazhikadavu Weir|Vazhikkadavu]], [[Vadakkepuzha Weir|Vadakkepuzha]] and Kuttiar diversion schemes were later added to augment the Idukki reservoir.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=N. Vijayamohanan Pillai|author2=K. P. Kannan|title=Time and Cost Overruns of the Power Projects in Kerala1|url=http://www.isec.ac.in/JSED/JSED_V4_I2_148-169.pdf|journal=Journal of Social and Economic Development |date=July–December 2002}}</ref> The Kuttiar diversion scheme envisages diversion of water from 10.4 km<sup>2</sup> of catchment of Kuttiar ar to [[Idukki Dam|Idukki]] reservoir by constructing an unlined tunnel of 2697.3 m length and a weir of 101.30 m long for an additional 37 Mu power generation at Idukki Power station.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diversion Structures in Idukki district – KSEB Limited Dam Safety Organisation|url=https://dams.kseb.in/?p=168|access-date=2021-07-29|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Specifications ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|Latitude : 9⁰ 44′ N<br />
|Dam Features<br />
|-<br />
|Longitude: 76⁰ 53′ E<br />
|Type of Dam<br />
|Concrete- Gravity<br />
|-<br />
|Panchayath<br />
|Elappara<br />
|Classification<br />
|Weir<br />
|-<br />
|Village<br />
|Vagamon<br />
|Maximum Water Level (MWL)<br />
|EL 798.00 m<br />
|-<br />
|District<br />
|Idukki<br />
|Full Reservoir Level ( FRL)<br />
|EL 795.50 m<br />
|-<br />
|River Basin<br />
|Periyar<br />
|Storage at FRL<br />
|0.35 Mm3<br />
|-<br />
|River<br />
|Kuttiar river<br />
|Height from deepest foundation<br />
|16.50 m<br />
|-<br />
|Release from Dam to river<br />
|Thodupuzha ar<br />
|Length<br />
|101.35 m<br />
|-<br />
|Taluk through which release flows<br />
|Thodupuzha<br />
|Spillway<br />
|Ungated – Overflow section<br />
|-<br />
|Year of completion<br />
|2009<br />
|Crest Level<br />
|EL 795.50 m<br />
|-<br />
|Name of Project<br />
|Idukki HEP<br />
|River Outlet<br />
|1 No. Circular type, 0.75 m dia<br />
|-<br />
|Purpose of Project<br />
|Hydro Power<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Dams in Kerala}}<br />
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{{coord missing|Kerala}}<br />
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[[Category:Dams completed in 2009]]<br />
[[Category:Dams in Idukki district]]</div>Musariaz