The Mullaperiyar Dam, situated in Thekkady, Idukki district, Kerala, near the Tamil Nadu border, is operated by the Government of Tamil Nadu under a 999-year lease agreement to irrigate agricultural lands in southern Tamil Nadu. The Mullaperiyar Dam is a masonry gravity dam, designed and constructed to divert the west-flowing Periyar River eastward into the arid regions of Tamil Nadu,… Read more