Nayanmoola Saddle Dam

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Nayanmoola Saddle dam (Malayalam: നായൻമൂല തടയണ) is an earthen dam constructed across Karamanthode at Padinjarathara Panjayath of Wayanad district in Kerala, India. It is a saddle dam of Banasura sagar reservoir built as a part of the Kuttiyadi Augmentation scheme. ^[1] The dam has a height of 3.5 metres (11 ft) and a length of 24.0 metres (78.7 ft) ^[2]

The Kuttiyadi Augmentation Scheme comprises a main dam known as Banasurasagar Dam,^[3] an earth fill dam and a concrete gravity spillway dam and six saddle dams namely, a) Kosani ( Earth fill dam) 13.8 metres (45 ft) high b) Near Kottagiri ( Earth fill dam) 11.0 metres (36.1 ft) high c) Kottagiri ( Earth fill dam) 14.5 metres (48 ft) high d) Kuttiyadi ( Concrete dam) 16.5 metres (54 ft) high e) Nayanmoola ( Earth fill dam) 3.5 metres (11 ft) high f) Manjoora ( Earth fill dam) 4.0 metres (13.1 ft) high. ^[4] 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 Nayanmoola Dam is 61.44 km2.^[5]