Template:Infobox dam The Manimuthar Dam is located in Manimutharu Template:Convert away from Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, India. It is the biggest reservoir of the Tirunelveli district.[1][2][3][4] This dam was built in 1958 near Singampatti and Kallidaikurichi, by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Kamaraj, and K T Kosalram MP to prevent the drainage of surplus rainwaters with the Bay of Bengal during the rainy season. It can hold water up to 118 feet. The dam's storage capacity is 5,511 million cubic feet (5.5 Tmcft). The total length of the dam is 3 km It irrigated around 65,000 acres of areas in the northern part of the Nanguneri Taluk and Thisayanvilai and southern Veeravanallur, Karispalpatti, which are not irrigated by Pachaiyaaru in Tirunelveli district. The downstream joins River Thamirabarani in Kallidaikurichi after 6 km of its journey.[5]
References
- ↑ Papanasam dam filling up, finally. Thehindu.com(28 June 2017).
- ↑ Manimuthar Dam D00969 -. India-wris.nrsc.gov.in.
- ↑ Water Reservoirs. Nellai.tn.nic.in.
- ↑ Manimuthar dam overflows. Thehindu.com(21 December 2014).
- ↑ பாபநாசம், மணிமுத்தாறு, சேர்வலாறு: படியளக்கும் அணைகள் பாதுகாக்கப்படுமா?. Tamil.thehindu.com. தி இந்து(2015-03-19).
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