Bhavanisagar Dam
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Bhavanisagar Dam or Lower Bhavani Dam, is located in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] The dam is constructed on the Bhavani river.[2] It is one of the world's largest earthen dams. Thyagi M.A. Eswaran, the Erode MLA was instrumental in bringing the Bhavanisagar Dam Project. M. A. Eswaran, was born to Muthukaruppan Pillai and Venkatalakshmi on 25 October 1895 at Karungalpalayam in Erode. The first major irrigation project executed in Tamil Nadu after Independence, it turned Erode, Tiruppur, and Karur districts into a fertile landscape, irrigating 2,47,247 acres for the cultivation of paddy and other crops, besides generating 18 MW through two power generation houses. M.A.Eswaran was unanimously elected as MLA for Erode area in the Madras Provincial Assembly in 1946. Apart from his contribution to the freedom struggle, he worked for the implementation of the Lower Bhavani Project. Until his death in 22.05.1978, he sacrificed his entire life for the welfare of the people. The dam is situated some Script error: No such module "convert". west of Sathyamangalam, is 17 km (11 mi) North of Punjai Puliampatti, is Template:Cvt from Gobichettipalayam and is Template:Cvt north-east to Mettupalayam.[3]
History
The Lower Bhavani Project was the first major irrigation project initiated in India, after independence, in 1948. It was completed by 1955 and opened for use in 1956.[2] The dam was constructed at a cost of Template:INRconvert.[2]
Dimensions
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Hydrography
Bhavanisagar dam is constructed on the Bhavani River. The dam receives water from two main catchment areas in the Western Ghats. The water is fed into the Bhavani river known as Upper Bhavani. The eastern catchment area includes the Upper Bhavani, Avalanche and Emerald lakes, Kundha, Gedhai, Pillur and Nellithurai . The western catchment area includes Portimund, Parson's valley, Pykara, Glenmorgan, Singara, Maravakandy, Moyar and Thengumarahada.[2] The dam is fed by both Southwest and Northeast monsoons.[2]
The dam feeds water into two canals, Lower Bhavani Project Canal and Kalingarayan Canal.[4][5] The Kalingarayan canal feeds Thadapalli and Arakkankottai channels and the LBP canal feeds the Thadapalli and Arakankottai channels.[6]
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Power generation
The dam has two hydroelectric power stations, one on the east bank canal and the other on the Bhavani river. Each has a capacity of Script error: No such module "convert". for a total capacity of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
See also
References
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