- Completed
- 1978
- Purpose
- Hydropower
- Height above foundation
- 40 m
- Dam length
- 185 m
Get to know this place
Manalar Dam is in the Highwavys–Meghamalai hills and forms part of the water storage and diversion system for hydroelectric generation.
Completed in 1978, it is a masonry gravity dam. The government register lists a height of 40 metres and a length of 185 metres.
The Central Water Commission’s storage inventory gives a gross capacity of 13.58 million cubic metres. The photograph shows the Manalar reservoir at sunset.
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.
