Manjoora Saddle dam (Malayalam:മാഞ്ഞൂര തടയണ) is an earthen dam constructed across Karamanthode, which is a tributary of Kabani River in Padinjarathara Panjayath of Wayanad district in Kerala, India. It is one of the six saddle dams of Banasura sagar reservoir built as oart of the Kuttiyadi Augmentation scheme.
The Kuttiyadi Augmentation Scheme comprises a main dam known as Banasurasagar Dam, an earth-fill dam, and a concrete gravity spillway dam, and six saddle dams:
- Kosani, earth-fill, Template:Convert high
- Near Kottagiri, earth-fill, Template:Convert high
- Kottagiri, earth-fill, Template:Convert high
- Kuttiyadi, concrete, Template:Convert high
- Nayamoola, earth-fill, Template:Convert high
- Manjoora, earth-fill, Template:Convert high.[1]
All the dams, except Kuttiady saddle, are earth-fill dams. The Kuttiyadi saddle dam is a concrete dam. The spillway is located adjacent to the main dam at the right bank of the original river course. The water spread area at FRL / MWL is Template:Val . The catchment area of Banasurasagar Dam is Template:Val.[2]
Specifications
- Coordinates: Template:Coord
- Panchayath: Padinjarathara
- Village: Padinjarathara
- District: Wayanad
- River Basin: Kabani
- River: Karamanthodu
- Release from Dam to river: NA
- Year of completion: 2005
- Name of Project: Kuttiady Augmentation Scheme
- Purpose of Project: Hydro Power
- Dam Features
- Type of Dam: Homogeneous earth fill
- Classification: Saddle dam
- Maximum Water Level (MWL): EL Template:Val
- Full Reservoir Level (FRL): EL Template:Val
- Storage at FRL: Template:Val
- Height from deepest foundation: Template:Convert
- Length: Template:Convert
- Spillway: No spillway
- Crest Level: NA
- River Outlet: Nil
- Installed capacity of the Project: Template:Val
- Officers in charge & Phone No. Executive Engineer, Dam Safety Division No. V, Padinjarathara, PIN – 673122, Phone – 9446008415
- Project Identification Code (PIC): Nil
- Assistant Executive Engineer, Dam Safety Sub Division, Padinjarathara, PIN – 673122, Phone – 9496004480
- Manjoora is a saddle dam of Banasurasagar reservoir.
Reservoir
The gross storage of Kuttiyadi Augmentation (Banasura sagar) Reservoir is Template:Val; its live storage is Template:Val. The water stored in the reservoir is diverted to the reservoir of Kuttiyadi Hydro Electric Project through an interconnecting tunnel. The sill level of the diversion tunnel at inlet is Template:Val. The size and shape of the tunnel varies from a 2.35-meter-diameter circular lined tunnel for a length of Template:Val to a 2.85-meter D-shaped unlined tunnel for a length of Template:Val. The maximum diversion is Template:Val. The diverted water is used for power generation from Kuttiyadi Power Station. The FRL of the reservoir is Template:Val. The top level of dam is Template:Val. There are four radial gates, each of size 10.97 m × 9.20 m. The crest level of the spillway is Template:Val. The spillway capacity is Template:Val. One lower-level outlet is provided in the spillway structure at Template:Val of size 1.10 m × 1.75 m to release irrigation requirement. [3]
References
- ↑ പതിമൂന്നാം കേരള നിയമ സഭ പതിനാലാം സമ്മേളനം. ഡാമുകളുടെ സുരക്ഷ.
- ↑ Banasurasagar Dam – KSEB Limited Dam Safety Organisation. Retrieved 2021-07-30.Template:CC-notice
- ↑ Kerala State Electricity Board Limited - Emergency Action Plan (Tier-I) Kuttiyadi Augmentation Dams (Kuttiyadi Main, Spillway, Nayanmoola & Manjoora). www.kseb.in. Retrieved 2021-07-30.