Vaigai Dam

Vaigai Dam

Vaigai Dam is built across the Vaigai River near Andipatti, in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu, southern India. It provides water for irrigation for the Madurai district and the Dindigul district as well as drinking water to Madurai and Andipatti. [cite web
url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007071551970300.htm&date=2007/07/15/&prd=th&
title= Water released from Vaigai dam for irrigation
publisher=The Hindu
accessdate=2007-08-09
] Near the dam the Government of Tamil Nadu has constructed the Agricultural Research Station for researching the growing of a variety of crops, including rice, sorghum, blackgram, cowpea and cotton. [cite web
url=http://www.tnau.ac.in/vaigai.html
title= Welcome to Agricultural Research Station, Vaigai Dam
publisher=Tamil Nadu Government
accessdate=2007-08-09

]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.nih.ernet.in/incoh-web/completedproj/title4.htm Dam Break Analysis for Vaigai Dam]


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