Neyyar Dam, Chittar Dam...
Neyyar Dam, 30 km from Thiruvananthapuram in Kallikkad Panchayat. Situated in western ghats and is near to Agasthyarkoodam
Neyyar Dam was constructed in 1958, the river flows through Neyyattinkara reached at Poovar and then in to the Arabian sea. Neyyattinkara got such name as the river Neyyar flows through there.
Sambhu near the watch tower in Neyyar Dam
Neyyar dam is a gravity dam on the Neyyar river in Thiruvananthapuram district.
The Neyyar Dam is a Rubble masonry gravity-type dam with a height of 56 m (184 ft) and length of 295 m (968 ft). Its structural volume is 1.05 lakh m3 (37.08 lakh cu ft). The dam creates a reservoir of 1062.00 lakh m3 of which 101,0.00 lakh m3 is active (useful) capacity. The reservoir's surface area is 91 km2 (35 sq mi) and the dam's spillway has a 809.40 m3/s (28,584 cu ft/s) maximum discharge capacity
A view of reservoir from the watch tower
A large crocodile in the crocodile farm in Neyyar Dam (built in 1977)
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