Vazhani Dam
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Vazhani Dam | |
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Official name | Vazhani Dam |
Country | india |
Location | Vazhani, Thrissur, Kerala, India |
Coordinates | 10°38′13″N 76°18′25″E / 10.637°N 76.307°ECoordinates: 10°38′13″N 76°18′25″E / 10.637°N 76.307°E |
Purpose | Irrigation |
Opening date | 1962 |
Owner(s) | Government of Kerala |
Operator(s) | Irrigation Department, Kerala |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earth Dam |
Length | 792.48 metres |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Wadakkanchery River |
Website www.vazhanidam.gov.in | |
Capacity: tmc ft. |
Vazhani Dam is a clay dam built across the Wadakkancherry river near Wadakkancherry in Thrissur district of Kerala. The water is used for irrigation and drinking purposes. The dam has a four-acre garden and the construction was completed in 1962.[1] Vazhani dam is built with mud and it is an earth dam like Banasura Sagar Dam
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- ↑ "Kerala Govt". VAZHANI IRRIGATION PROJECT. Retrieved 16 May 2012.