- Completed
- 1978
- Purpose
- Hydropower
- Height above foundation
- 29 m
- Dam length
- 96 m
Get to know this place
Venniyar Dam is in the Meghamalai hills. The names Venniyar, Venniar and Vennirar are used in English references.
Government records list a masonry gravity dam completed in 1978, 29 metres high and 96 metres long.
Its recorded purpose is hydropower, within the hill region’s network of water storage structures.
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.
