| Adyanpara Weir | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 2015 |
Adyanpara Weir is a small diversion dam constructed across Kanjirapuzha River at Adyanpara in Chaliyar panchayath of Kurumbalangode village in Malappuram district of Kerala, India.[1] This weir is a part of Adyanpara SHEP, which envisages development of power by utilizing the potential of Kanjirapuzha stream, a tributary of Chaliyar river. It consist of a diversion weir , desilting chamber of splay type, power tunnel of length 968.50m, an underground surge tank in circular shape. The 3.5 megawatt hydroelectric project has been setup as part of the Small Hydro Electric Project.[2] The water from the weir flows to Kanjirapuzha through the Taluk of Nilambur. The dam is a concrete-gravity type dam with a height of 5.56 metres (18.2 ft) and a length of 58 metres (190 ft).[3]
- ^ "Kerala State Electricity Board Limited - Small Hydro Projects". www.kseb.in. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
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- ^ "Adyanpara plant to solve Malabar's power crisis". The Times of India. May 8, 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Diversion Structures in Malappuram district – KSEB Limited Dam Safety Organisation". Retrieved 2021-07-28. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY-SA 2.5 license.
