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| Aathupalayam Dam | |
|---|---|
  Location of Aathupalayam Dam in Tamil Nadu | |
| Official name | Noyyal Aathupalayam Dam |
| Country | India |
| Location | K. Paramathi, Karur, Tamil Nadu |
| Coordinates | 11°01′42″N 77°49′11″E / 11.02833°N 77.81972°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1980 |
| Opening date | 1992 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment |
| Height | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Length | 2,850 m (9,350 ft) |
| Spillway capacity | 2,640 m3/s (93,000 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 6,660,000 m3 (5,400 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface area | 1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi)[1] |
The Aathupalayam Dam is situated in Karvazhi Village near Thennilai of K. Paramathi Taluk in Karur District. The parched aycut area has not been receiving supplies as the Aathupalayam reservoir had become a storage tank for Orathuppalayam polluted water flowing down the River Noyyal over the past few years.
The storage facility was meant to harness excess flood water flowing down River Noyyal and draining from the Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) canal to irrigate more than 19,000 acres in Karur District. Usually the excess LBP water flows down the Malayathu Palayam banks only between September and December.
- ^ "India: National Register of Large Dams 2009" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.