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Tea plantations and Iravangalar Dam reservoir in Meghamalai
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Iravangalar Dam

A dam in the Iravangalar area of Meghamalai, associated with the Suruliyar hydroelectric system.

Chinnamanur · THENI DISTRICT

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Completed
1978
Purpose
Hydropower
Height above foundation
30 m
Dam length
242 m

Get to know this place

Iravangalar Dam lies in the Meghamalai hills. Government records also use the spellings Ervangalar and Eravangalar.

The National Register lists a masonry gravity dam completed in 1978, with a height of 30 metres and a length of 242 metres.

Its principal recorded purpose is hydropower. The photograph on this page shows the reservoir within the tea plantation landscape.

Approach the Meghamalai hill route via Chinnamanur. Confirm road conditions and local permissions before travelling. View the landscape from permitted areas and keep clear of operational dam structures.

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