Perunchani Dam :
Perunchani Dam is an irrigation dam at Perunchani, in Kalkulam Taluk, Kanyakumari District, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the dams of the Kodayar Irrigation System.
As there was water deficiency in the Kodayar Irrigation System, Perunchani dam was constructed in December 1952 to store flood water of the Paralayar River as an extension. It was built about 1 km (0.62 mi) upstream of the Puthen dam on the Paralayar River. However, the irrigation system became operational on 2 September 1953.
It feeds the left bank irrigation canal system of the Puthen dam, which is the terminal structure of the system.The dam is built between two hillocks (part of the Western Ghats) across the Paralayar River, a tributary of the Tamaraparani River, also known locally as known as the Kuzhithuraiar, and is part of the basin that constitutes the west flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari.
Tamaraparani River rises in the Western Ghats and flows through a distance of 56 km (35 mi) before debouching into the Arabian Sea.
The catchment area at the Perunchani Dam site is 158.4 km2 (61.2 sq mi). The reservoir is thickly forested and inhabited by wild animals like tiger, elephants, deer and so forth. The tribal community of Kanikars reside around the periphery of the reservoir
The dam is located about 43 km (27 mi) from Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters-town of Kanyakumari District, and about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the town of Kulasekharam.
As there was water deficiency in the Kodayar Irrigation System, Perunchani dam was constructed in December 1952 to store flood water of the Paralayar River as an extension. It was built about 1 km (0.62 mi) upstream of the Puthen dam on the Paralayar River. However, the irrigation system became operational on 2 September 1953.
It feeds the left bank irrigation canal system of the Puthen dam, which is the terminal structure of the system.The dam is built between two hillocks (part of the Western Ghats) across the Paralayar River, a tributary of the Tamaraparani River, also known locally as known as the Kuzhithuraiar, and is part of the basin that constitutes the west flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari.
Tamaraparani River rises in the Western Ghats and flows through a distance of 56 km (35 mi) before debouching into the Arabian Sea.
The catchment area at the Perunchani Dam site is 158.4 km2 (61.2 sq mi). The reservoir is thickly forested and inhabited by wild animals like tiger, elephants, deer and so forth. The tribal community of Kanikars reside around the periphery of the reservoir
The dam is located about 43 km (27 mi) from Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters-town of Kanyakumari District, and about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the town of Kulasekharam.
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