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{{Infobox dam
| name = Mettur Dam
| image_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|11|48|00|N|77|48|00|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Mettur]], [[Salem District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| construction_began =
| opening = 1934
| dam_length = {{convert|1700|m}}
| dam_width_base =
| res_name = [[Stanley Reservoir]]
| extra = '''Capacity:''' 93.4 billion ft³ (2.64 km³)
2,146,071 acre ft
| image = Mettur dam night view.jpg
| dam_height = {{convert|120|ft}}
}}
[[File:Detail in tamil.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Details in Tamil]]
The '''Mettur Dam''' is one of the largest [[List of dams and reservoirs in India|dams in India]] and also the largest in Tamil Nadu, located across the river [[Kaveri|Cauvery]] where it enters the plains. Built in 1934, it took 9 years to complete.<ref name="wrmin">{{cite web
|url=http://wrmin.nic.in/projects/mettur.htm
|title=Mettur Dam
|access-date=2006-11-22
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819100412/http://wrmin.nic.in/projects/mettur.htm
|archive-date=19 August 2006
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> Maximum height and width of the dam are 214 and 171 feet, respectively. The dam receives inflows from its own catchment area, [[Kabini Dam]] and [[Krishna Raja Sagara]] Dams located in [[Karnataka]]. There is a park at the base of the dam called Ellis Park maintained by the [[Tamil Nadu Public Works Department]]. It provides irrigation and drinking water facilities for more than 12 districts of Tamilnadu and hence is revered as the life and livelihood-giving asset of Tamil Nadu.

== Demographics ==
As of 2011 India [[census]], Mettur Town holding a population of 36926. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. In Mettur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==History==
It was constructed under the supervision of an Irish engineer, Vincent Hart, who was also the chief engineer of the project. It took three years and the effort of 17,000 men to complete the dam project. After the construction was complete, Mettur Dam over [[Kaveri]] became the largest dam in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Parsons|first=Michael|date=14 May 2016|title=The Cork house that time forgot|work=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> The funds were provided from the taxes collected in the Madras Presidency. The Board of Revenue was headed by Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer who initiated the building of the dam. As a result the dam authorities evacuated the people of [[Nayambadi]] and some other villages where the dam was sited. When the water level of the reservoir recedes, even now old Christian Church of Nayamabadi and some Hindu temples from other villages emerge from it as proof. Those people who migrated from Nayambadi have settled down in [[Martalli]], [[Cowdalli]] and other nearby villages in the [[Kollegal]] taluk of [[Chamarajanagar]] district of the state of Karnataka. Among those who relocated were the paternal grandfather and father of [[Veerappan]] who settled at the foot of [[MM Hills]].

== Capacity ==
[[File:River Cauvery - Mettur DAM.jpg|thumb|River Cauvery crossing Mettur Dam]]
The total length of the dam is {{convert|1700|m}}. The dam creates [[Stanley Reservoir]]. The [[Mettur#Electrical power|Mettur Hydro Electrical power project]] is also quite large. The dam, the park, the major hydroelectric power stations, and hills on all sides make Mettur a [[tourist attraction]]. Upstream from the dam is [[Hogenakkal Falls]]. The maximum level of the dam is {{convert|120|ft|abbr=on}} and the maximum capacity is 93.47 tmc ft. Area of reservoir 42.5 square kilometer.

Its capacity of {{convert|93.4|e9cuft|km3}} is nearly twice that of its [[Karnataka]] counterpart of [[Krishna Raja Sagara|KRS]]; It was built in-line with KRS Dam, which was designed by Sir M Vishveswariah<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.just91.com/mettur-dam-completes-74-years-do-you-know-how-we-struggled-before-builting-the-dam-with-mysore-rulers/answers/5218 |title=Mettur Dam completes 74 years. Do you know how we struggled before building the dam with Mysore Mettur Dam To Mysore On the way Reached Kolathur,..., India |publisher=Just91.com |access-date=2011-01-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103125657/http://www.just91.com/mettur-dam-completes-74-years-do-you-know-how-we-struggled-before-builting-the-dam-with-mysore-rulers/answers/5218 |archive-date=3 January 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> in 1911 and completed in 1931 near [[Mysore]].

==Water dispute==
{{main article|Kaveri River water dispute}}
The Mettur Dam has received public attention since the latter half of the 20th century, and especially in the mid-1990s, due to the Kaveri River water dispute between the States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://wrmin.nic.in/cooperation/disputes.htm
|title=Inter-state Water Disputes
|publisher=Water Ministry - Government of India
|access-date=2006-11-23
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212165529/http://wrmin.nic.in/cooperation/disputes.htm
|archive-date=12 February 2007
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> Because of subsequent dams constructed across the Cauvery and its tributaries in Karnataka, namely [[Harangi Reservoir|Harangi Dam]], [[Hemavati River|Hemavathi Dam]], [[Kabini Dam]], following the [[Krishna Raja Sagara|KRS Dam]]; Mettur Dam does not receive much water during lean seasons. As a result, the dam nearly goes dry during certain periods of the year, often when water is most needed by the farmers and the general public of Tamil Nadu. This has created serious dispute and tension between the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Governments of the respective states, the Supreme Court, and the Cauvery Tribunal have so far not been successful in resolving the dispute. The tribunal has specified an annual release of 192 tmcft by Karnataka to Tamilnadu. In the years of deficit in realisation the dispute aggravates in both the states. The major reasons for the deficit are inadequate realisation of Southwest monsoon in the primary catchment areas of the river viz., [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]] and [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]] and the over reliance of the river water for irrigation and drinking water schemes in both the states.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Architect of Mettur Dam Colonel W.M.Ellis,C.I.E,R.E.jpg|<center>Architect of Mettur Dam Colonel W.M.Ellis,C.I.E,R.E</center>
Image:Mettur. Pannavadi Nandhi statue & Jalagandeswarar temple............ deep inside the Mettur dam(3).jpg|<center>Mettur Pannavadi Nandhi statue and Jalagandeswarar temple submerged into Stanley Reservoir</center>
Image:MetturDam ViewFromBelow.jpg|<center>Mettur Dam View from Base</center>
Image:DamOverflowBridge.jpg|<center>Mettur Dam - Overflow Bridge</center>
Image:Specification board of Mettur dam.jpg|<center>Specification board of Mettur dam</center>
Image:Sluices channels for water draining by the side of the Mettur dan(Low level & High level sluices).jpg|<center>Sluices channels for water draining by the side of the Mettur dam(Low level & High level sluices)</center>
Image:Dam Profile.jpg|<center>Dam Profile</center>
Image:Dam Aerial View.JPG|<center>Dam Aerial View from the Platinum Jubilee Watch Tower</center>
</gallery>

==See also==
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*[[Banasura Sagar Dam]]
*[[Stanley Reservoir]]
*[[Krishna Raja Sagara]]
*[[Grand Anicut]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mettur Dam}}
* [http://www.metturdam.com Metturdam.Com ]
* [http://www.metturtravels.com metturtravels.com ]
* [http://www.Mettur.com Mettur.Com ]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080221185738/http://wrmin.nic.in/ Ministry of Water Resources - Government of India]
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/11/15/stories/2004111508220100.htm Mettur dam touches 100-foot mark]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040917061241/http://www.hindu.com/2004/08/13/stories/2004081309140100.htm Water released from Mettur dam]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050212045254/http://wrmin.nic.in/projects/mettur.htm Photograph]

{{Kaveri River}}
{{Hydrography of Tamil Nadu}}

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[[Category:Salem district]]
[[Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Tamil Nadu]]
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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Salem district]]

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