Mettur Dam

India / Tamil Nadu / Mettur /
The biggest and the most power genrating capacity dam in Tamil Nadu
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mettur_Dam
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Coordinates:   11°48'11"N   77°48'22"E

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  • stanley dam was built by an english engineer in 1934. they evacuated about 14 villages to built the dam. the villages which was evacuated was then called old sampalli
  • mettur is wonderful place
  • mettur is my native place.it is a very beautiful place.
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  • it is good
  • Pahalpatty Pa Ve Manicka Nayakar was an engineer working in PWD dept of British India Mettur Dam plan was made by the British.our Pa Ve Manicka Nayakar studied the plan and declared the project may fail if they go ahead with the plan. British govt discussed with him and and permitted him to draw a new plan for the proposed dam construction. Pa Ve Manicka Nayakar came up with a new plan. he even demonstrated a working model of the two plans He proved his plan is superior and fool proof. So the dam was constructed under the guidance of Pahalpatty Pa Ve Manicka Nayakar then Governor of British india Mr Stanley inagurated the dam and declared it open. ever since the Mettur dam across river Cauvery is called ''Stanley Dam'' TamilNadu govt celebrated 75 years of Stanley Dam. without honouring the Mathematician,Tamil scholar, Freedom fighter Pahalpatty Pa Ve Manicka Nayakar. he created new theorems in Calculus and published them in his name - after Independence,,, Pahalpatty Pa Ve Manicka Nayakar worked on reforms in Tamil Letters he was a friend of Namakkal poet RamaLingam Pillai.
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