Malampuzha Dam & Garden
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tourism, dam, interesting place
The Malampuzha dam is a 6,066 ft. masonry structure built across Malampuzha, a tributary of Bharathapuzha, with a net - work of canal systems. It has an ayacut of 42,090 hectares. The dam and reservoir are located about eight kilometers from Olavakode railway station and 13kms. from Palakkad town. The project was started in 1949and commissioned in 1955. Having a catchments area of 145 sq.kms., the reservoir has a capacity of 8000m.e.ft.of water. There are two canal systems. The left back canal traverses a distance of 32 kms. to irrigate cultivable areas in the taluks of Palakkad, Chittur and Alathur. The right bank canal with a length of 32kms and irrigates areas in Palakkad taluk. The reservoir also provides drinking water to Palakkad town.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 10°49'51"N 76°40'55"E
- Malampuzha Dam and Reservoir,Kerala 6.5 km
- Aduppoothy Mala (Vangari Mudi) 6.7 km
- Lime Stone Quarry of Malabar Cements 10 km
- ----Nelliyampathi 33 km
- nellikulam summit 36 km
- gas company idikarai road new devalepment 44 km
- Sulur Lake 52 km
- INRC LMW Windmill farm stage 60 km
- INRC Coimbatore - Textool & Premier Rally Stages 65 km
- GOLDEN FARM HOUSE, M INDIA LAND DEVELOPERS 65 km
- Malampuzha Dam 0.2 km
- Freshwater/Aquaculture research station of Kerala Government 0.4 km
- Site 0.6 km
- Fantasy Park Amusement /WaterTheme Park 1.5 km
- Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Malampuzha 1.6 km
- Malampuzha School Ground 1.9 km
- ITI Malampuzha 2.1 km
- vakkad(thuppallam) 2.2 km
- Milma 'Cattlefeed' 2.2 km
- Palakkad District 20 km
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