It Is my native place .this dam was built by karnal benny cookPeriyar Dam
Mullaperyiar dam was built by British in 1895. It stands on Peryiar river
whose flow orginates from Thekkady.The dam was built mainly for watering the
paddy fields of Tamil Nadu perenially drought - prone. Even though the dam is
now in Kerala, most of the water in the reservoir is still released to Tamil Nadu
and is cause for considerable political tensions between the two states.The dam
is 175 feet tall in hight and is 5704 feet long.
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