174,000,000 m3 (6.144752010×109 cu ft)[1] (6.14 tmc ft)
Power Station
Operator(s)
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited
Commission date
3 April 1990
Type
Gravity dam
Turbines
2 x 3 MW
Installed capacity
6 MW
The Vaigai Dam is built across the Vaigai River near Andipatti, in the Theni district (Madura district, before British India) of Tamil Nadu, South India. Near the dam, the Government of Tamil Nadu has constructed an Agricultural Research Station to research the cultivation of various crops, including rice, sorghum, black gram, cowpea and cotton.[2]
^"Reservoir details" (PDF). www.wrd.tn.gov.in.
^"Welcome to Agricultural Research Station, Vaigai Dam". Tamil Nadu Government. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
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the two chief ministers: M. G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa. The VaigaiDam, a major reservoir in Tamil Nadu, is 7 km away from Andipatti, Theni district...
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village in the Theni district, due to the construction of VaigaiDam across the river Vaigai, which led to evacuation of 14 villages (including Mettur)...
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the river Varaganadhi (A tributary of River Vaigai) and located 12 km from Periyakulam. The height of the dam is 57 m. Its length is 345 m and the total...
streams. All join into the Kottakudi River, where they then flow into VaigaiDam. The Kurangani Hills near Bodinayakkanur in Theni district are suitable...
chemical industries. There are many other dams that provide irrigation and drinking water, including the VaigaiDam. Bio-diesel Tamil Nadu at this time is...
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flora and fauna. Many dams have been constructed on the rivers, including VaigaiDam, Sothupparai Dam, Manjalaru Dam, and Meghamalai Dam. Several famous waterfalls...
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river (a tributary of the Vaigai River) thereby resulting in an inter-basin transfer of water. Downstream of the Mullaperiyar dam, the Periyar continues...
driven out from the society by Kali. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall caused the VaigaiDam to break off and much of the lands in the Chola country was sunk in waters...
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