Perumpallam Dam Reservoir

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Across Perum Pallam Rivulet, a tributary of Bhavani River
PERUMPALLAM DAM (Sathyamangalam, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, INDIA), across a rivulet PERUMPALLAM that takes rain water from Kadambur Hills to Bhavani River, is an earth-fill dam built in 1992. This 2 km long dam is 40 meter high and occupies 65.29 hectares of land. Water shed area is around 44.53 km and receives up to 15459 cusecs of water. The dam has a withholding capacity of 115.80 million cusecs and can discharge 14.660 cusecs/ second. The dam has a gateway on either side of the dam to discharge water through canals to irrigate the adjacent lands. The right side canal irrigates over 545.17 hectares of lands while the left side canal irrigates over 485.42 hectares of land. The deepest point in the dam measures 16.69 metres.

The construction of the dam started in July 1984 and was completed in April 1989. Estimated at Rupees Five Crore and Thirty One Lakh, the dam was built at an approximate cost of Rupees Six Crore Thirty Five Lakhs and Sixty Thousand. The dam was declared open for irrigation on 22 March 1992 by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalitha. State Minister for Public Works Department, Highways and Electricity, Mr. S. Kannappan; State Minister for Public Welfare, Mr. S. Muthusamy; and the State Minister for Transport, Mr. K. A. Senkottaiyan were also present during the ceremony.