Thoonakkadavu Dam

Thoonakkadavu Dam is located on the Thoonakkadavu River, a tributary of the Parambikulam River, at Thoonakkadavu in the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in the Muthalamada Panchayath of Palakkad District, Kerala. It is a small storage reservoir that is a part of the Parambikulam-Aliyar Irrigation Project.[1] The Peruvaripallam Dam is connected to the Parambikulam Dam by a canal [2][3] through a 2.5 km long underground tunnel. The Poringalkuthu reservoir gets water from catchments downstream of Parambikulam and Thunakadavu dams.[4]

Thoonakkadavu Dam

Reservoir
Thoonakadavu Reservoir

An adjacent canal also flows from this river to the reservoir. Reservoir attracts fishing businesses. Tourism is also developed around the Reservoir.[5] Water from Parambikulam dam drains to Thoonakadavu by gravity and after generation of 30 mW power at Sircarpathy, it will go through a Canal to reach Thirumurthi Dam.[6]

Sharing of water
Spillways

The water stored in the dam reservoir is used mainly for agriculture. Kerala needs to get water every year from The Parambikulam-Aliyar project and Tamil Nadu will provide 7.25 TMC from the proposed project.

References
  1. "The Hindu : Move to use dead storage in Parambikulam dam". archive.ph. 2013-01-25. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. "Dams". 2006-12-13. Archived from the original on 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. "Statistics - Resources - Rainwaterharvesting.org". www.rainwaterharvesting.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. "PORINGALKUTHU DAM – KSEB Limted Dam Safety Organisation". Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  5. "Parambikulam Tour Package | Tree Top Hut | Thunakadavu Dam | Tunakadavu Teehouse". westernghatstourism.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  6. Palaniappan, V. S. (2013-07-31). "Water release from Parambikulam to Thirumurthi in August". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

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