Sathanur Dam

15 Nov 2024 14:17:20 pm

Tags : Sathanur Dam

Topic: Dams and reservoirs

Why in the news?

A flood alert to 15 villages along the bank of the Thenpennai River has been issued by the Water Resources Department as 1,000 cusecs of water per second is being released from the Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai, after the level reached 114.50 feet as against the dam’s total capacity of 119 feet.

Source: The Hindu

About Sathanur Dam:

It is one of the major dams in Tamil Nadu.
It is constructed across the Thenpennai River also called as Pennaiyar River in Thandarampet taluk among Chennakesava Hills.
It can be reached by road 30 km. from Tiruvannamalai City.
It was constructed in 1958.
There is also a large crocodile farm and a fish grotto.
It is the third largest in Tamil Nadu after Mettur and Bhavanisagar.

Pennaiyar River:

It originates in the Nandi Hills in the Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka and flows through Tamil Nadu before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
It is also known as the South Pennar River, Dakshina Pinakini in Kannada and Thenpennai or Ponnaiyar or Pennaiyar in Tamil.
It is the second longest river in Tamil Nadu, with a length of 497 km., after the Kaveri.
It is the second largest interstate East flowing river basin among the 12 basins lying between Pennar and Cauvery basins.
It covers a large area in the State of Tamil Nadu besides the areas covered in the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Bangalore, Hosur, Tiruvannamalai, and Cuddalore are the important cities on the banks of this river.

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