Mettur Dam - Salem District
The Mettur Dam is one of the largest dams in India built in 1934. Mettur Dam is located in Salem District. Mettur Dam also known it as Stanley Reservoir. Mettur Dam also one of the Major Tourist Place in Tamilnadu - special in Salem district. It was constructed in a gorge, where the Kaveri River enters the plains. It provides irrigation facilities to parts of Salem, the length of Erode, Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchirappalli and Thanjavur district for 271,000 acres (110,000 ha) of farm land.
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Mettur Dam Side View
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| Legend of Mettur Dam |
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| Mettur Dam - Mettur Anai |
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Mettur Dam Front View
The total length of the Mettur dam is 1,700 m (5,600 ft.).
The mettur dam constructed by Mr.Stanley. Mettur is popularly known as Electrical city.
The Mettur Hydro Electrical power project is also quite large. The famous
touristers visiting places in mettur -
mettur dam, mettur park, hogenakal, mettur 16 bridge, cauvery river,
pannavadi parisal thurai,MM Hills and major Hydro Electric power stations and
hills on all sides make Mettur a tourist attraction. Upstream from the dam is
Hogenakal water Falls. The maximum level of the dam is 120 ft. (37 m) and the
maximum capacity is 93.47 tmc ft.
Most of the
Touristor’s likes to Eat Fish in Mettur - Because in mettur Very Very Famous
for varieties of Fish dishes.
  This is official details about Mettur Dam construction and Height with Length.
Stanley
Reservoir (otherwise called Mettur dam) is one of biggest water resourse in
South India. Its primary wellspring of water is the River Kaveri (Cauvery).
Three minor tributaries – Palar, Chennar and Thoppar – enter the Kaveri on her
course above Stanley Reservoir. The water is held by the Mettur Dam, Tamilnadu.
The formation of the store brought on the submersion of two towns.
Mettur Pincode is - 636401.
Mettur std Code is - 04298
Mettur located in - Salem District.
Near Railway Station - Mettur R.S ,
Salem & Erode.
Near Air Station is - Omalur , Trichy
& Coimbatore.
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| In side Mettur Park |
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| Mettur Dam side view |
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| Mettur Dam Front Side |
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| Mettur Dam 16 Bridge |
Transportation Facilities in Mettur:
Mettur
being near the transportation center points of Erode & Salem is very
much associated with both these urban areas and in addition to Dharmapuri.
Transport administrations work from Erode , Salem and Dharmaburi and no more
incessant time, with transport benefits once in like clockwork.
There
is alternate way for Coimbatore from Dharmapuri by means of Thoppur, Mettur,
Bhavani (can set aside to 20 km go) without achieving Salem by NH47 because of
the high volume of movement amongst Coimbatore and Salem, particularly amongst
Coimbatore and Avinashi on NH47. There is course to Mysuru-Karnataka through
Madeswaran Malai (Madeswaran Malai) and Kollegal from Mettur.
It
has a Railway Station (in the upper piece of Mettur Dam(Mettur R.S)) from where
it is associated with Salem. There is a day by day express prepare to Chennai
from Mettur Dam and in the arrival bearing as well.
Closest
air terminal is Salem Airport . Closest Major Airports are situated at
Coimbatore, Trichy , Madurai and Bangalore.
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