Blog

Mullai Periyar Dam

Mullaiperiyar Dam (Mullaiperiyar Dam) is a dam based on the Periyar River, which begins in the Western Ghats and streams west to Kerala. John Pennycuick, an English architect who manufactured the Mullaperiyar Dam to serve the agribusiness and drinking water needs of the five locales of Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram in the southern regions of Tamil Nadu, has likewise filled in as an individual from the Chennai Provincial Assembly. John Penny Quick was delegated Engineer and Secretary of the Government of Madras from tenth October 1895. During the British principle in India, before the development of the Periyaru Dam, there was an extreme food deficiency in the Vaigai catchment region in Chennai. Countless individuals were influenced. Pennykiewicz was disturbed when he saw this. Seeing that the downpour water in the Western Ghats streamed into the Periyar waterway and blended it into the ocean of ​​waste, he fabricated a dam across it and occupied it toward the northern side of the mountain. He got consent to place this arrangement into perspective on the English state. The development of the dam initiated on October 11, 1895 within the sight of the then Governor of the Madras Presidency, Wenlock, at an expected expense of Rs. The British Army’s development division drove by English architect Colonel Penny Cook, was entrusted with building the dam. The dam, which was worked by constant downpours, was cleared away by the dry season, with three years of difficulty, paying little heed to thick woodlands, noxious flying creatures, wild elephants, wild creatures, substantial downpours and abrupt deforestation. After the British government would not subsidize the venture, Colonel Penny Cook came back to England to sell all his family property and carry the returns to fabricate the Mullaperiyar Dam. Thus, water is accessible to the Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram areas. Colonel John Pennigook’s aim was to prevent the Mullaperiyar Dam from 152 feet. Doing so would empower the development of 2 assortments of paddy in the encompassing 7 areas. In any case, it is as yet being sued in court that doing so could imperil the dam’s strength. Consistently, the Central Water Management Committee sets up a group of designers to test the strength of the dam. As indicated by their examination, the life expectancy of the dam is in any event 1000 years. Scientists have adulated the charcoal-assembled burial place. Initially known as Periyar Dam, the Mullaiyar Dam and Periyar Dam are called by the name of Mullai Periyar Dam. A sculpture has been raised by the Government of Tamil Nadu in the Mullai Periyar Dam to celebrate Penny Gwick. The image of Penniguavik has appeared in the homes of many cultivating families in Theni area in Tamil Nadu. In the province of Theni and Madurai in Tamil Nadu, some cultivating families despite everything have the propensity for naming kids as Pennykuvik. Pongal is additionally celebrated upon the arrival of Pongal as adoring the town divinities every year to recognize Pennikuvik in the towns of Tirur, Theni region, Tamil Nadu, Kamayagoundpatti, Balarpatti, Kuzhayanur. In memory of Pennikuk, who manufactured the Mullaperiyar Dam, the Theni locale, in the Kootalur Loirekamp region, has a place with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. Jayalalithaa opened on January 15, 2013.

Leave A Comment