Malampuzha Dam

Malampuzha Dam
Malampuzha Dam is located in India
Malampuzha Dam
Location of Malampuzha Dam in India
Malampuzha Dam is located in Kerala
Malampuzha Dam
Malampuzha Dam (Kerala)
Official name
Malampuzha Dam panoramic shot
LocationPalakkad District, Kerala
Coordinates10°49′49.8″N 76°41′1.5″E / 10.830500°N 76.683750°E / 10.830500; 76.683750
Construction beganMarch 1949
Opening date9 October 1955
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsMalampuzha river
Height115.06 m
Length2,069 m
Reservoir
CreatesMalampuzha Reservoir
Total capacity226 million cubic metres[1] (8 tmc ft)
Catchment area147.63 sq. km.

Malampuzha Dam is the second largest dam and reservoirs in Kerala,[2] located near Palakkad, in the state of Kerala in South India, built post independence by the then Madras state. Situated in the scenic hills of the Western Ghats in the background it is a combination of a masonry dam with a length of 1,849 metres and an earthen dam with a length of 220 metres making it the longest dam in the state.[3] The dam is 355 feet high and impounds the Malampuzha River, a tributary of Bharathappuzha, Kerala's second longest river. There is a network of two canal systems that serve the dam's reservoir of 42,090 hectares.[4]

  1. ^ "Malampuzha Dam, Brief about project". India-WRIS, National Remote Sensing Centre.
  2. ^ "National Register of Large Dams | Central Water Commission, Ministry of jal shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, GoI". cwc.gov.in. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Malampuzha dam to celebrate Golden Jubilee". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 19 August 2005. Archived from the original on 7 November 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  4. ^ "About Malampuzha Dam".