Kottagiri Saddle Dam

Kottagiri Saddle dam (Malayalam:കോട്ടഗിരി തടയണ) is an earthen dam constructed across Karamanthodu which is a tributary of Kabani river at Thariyode village of Wayanad district in Kerala, India. It is a saddle dam of the Banasura sagar reservoir built as part of The Kuttiyadi Augmentatuin Scheme. The dam was constructed and is maintained by Kerala State Electricity Board.[1]

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 dam – 13.8 m high
  • Near Kottagiri – Earth fill dam – 11.0 m high
  • Kottagiri – Earth fill dam – 14.5 m high
  • Kuttiyadi – Concrete dam – 16.5 m high
  • Nayamoola – Earth fill dam – 3.5 m high
  • Manjoora – Earth fill dam – 4.0 m high

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 12.77 km2.. The catchment area of Banasurasagar Dam is 61.44 km2..[2]

Kutyadi Reservoir layout
  1. ^ "Revised List of DRIP Dams | DRIP - Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project". damsafety.in. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  2. ^ "Banasurasagar Dam – KSEB Limited Dam Safety Organisation". Retrieved 2021-07-30. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY-SA 2.5 license.