Parambikulam Dam

Parambikulam Dam പറമ്പിക്കുളം അണക്കെട്ട്
Parambikkulam Reservoir
Parambikulam Dam പറമ്പിക്കുളം അണക്കെട്ട് Location of Parambikulam Dam പറമ്പിക്കുളം അണക്കെട്ട് in Kerala Show map of Kerala Parambikulam Dam പറമ്പിക്കുളം അണക്കെട്ട് Parambikulam Dam പറമ്പിക്കുളം അണക്കെട്ട് (India) Show map of India
Country	India
Location	Kerala
Coordinates	10°22′40″N76°45′51″E / 10.37778°N 76.76417°E / 10.37778; 76.76417
Owner	Kerala [1] [2]
Operator	Tamil Nadu [1] [2]
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment dam
Impounds	Parambikulam River
Reservoir
Total capacity	69,165,000 m3 (56,073 acre⋅ft)

Parambikulam Dam is an embankment dam on the Parambikulam River, ^[3] located in the Palakkad district in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India, ranks number one in India as well as in the top ten embankment dams in the world in volume in the year 2000. ^[4]

View to the Parambikulam Reservoir

This Dam was built at the time of Kamarajar. This is one of the Major irrigation schemes were planned in Kamaraj's period. The dam is operated and maintained by Tamil Nadu but the ownership rests with Kerala, ^{[1] [2]} Per the agreement with Tamil Nadu, Kerala was supposed to receive 7.25 TMC feet of water (out of effective storage of 13.41 Tmcft) ^[5] per year from the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project of which the Parambikulam Dam is a part. In 2004, Kerala did not receive any water after February 10, resulting in the drying up of paddy in thousands of acres in Chittur taluk. ^[6] Since this claus of agreement was not met as of July 2006, Kerala Water Resources Minister called for a review of the project agreement. ^[7]

On 17 October 2012, Kerala and Tamil Nadu reached an accord on Parambikulam-Aliyar water. ^[8]

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in India
• Embankment dam

Reference notes

1. "Tamil Nadu since the state is incontrovertible sole owner of the Mullaperiyar dam and all its appurtenant structures - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa". The Times of India . 9 February 2012.
2. "Ownership of dams rests with Kerala, asserts Chandy".
3. "Indian Dams by River and State".
4. "Indian Dams". diehardindian.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2006.
5. Government of India,Central water commission,Dam safety organisation, New Delhi,June 2019, NRLD based report summary,Project Identification code:KL12HH0042
6. Prabhakaran, G. (15 March 2004). "Move to use dead storage in Parambikulam dam". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2006.
7. "Under cloud, by K.K. Mustafah". BusinessLine. Retrieved 18 October 2006.
8. "Kerala and Tamil Nadu reach accord on Parambikulam-Aliyar water". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2012.