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About Mettur Dam
The
Mettur Dam is one of the biggest dams in India worked in 1934. It was developed
in a gorge, where the Kaveri River enters the fields. It gives water system
offices to parts of Salem, the length of Erode, Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchirappali
and Thanjavur region for 271,000 sections of land (110,000 ha) of ranch land.
The
aggregate length of the dam is 1,700 m (5,600 ft). The dam makes Stanley
Reservoir. The Mettur Hydro Electrical power venture is likewise very vast. The
dam, the recreation center, the major Hydro Electric power stations and slopes
on all sides make Mettur a vacation spot. Upstream from the dam is Hogenakal
Falls. The most extreme level of the dam is 120 ft (37 m) and the greatest
limit is 93.47 tmc ft.
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