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KAARAIYAR AND SERVALAR RESERVOIRS IN NELLAI DISTRICT,TAMILNADU,INDIA 

The WesternGhats is one of the oldest Mountain ranges of India.It is the source for so many beautiful rivers flowing through TAMILNADU and KERALA.River THAMBRAPARANI is one of the biggest rivers .It flows through Tirunelveli District(Nellai) of TamilNadu. The Dams KAARAIYAAR AND SERVALAR together are called Papanaasam Irrigation Project.The Forest area surrounding these dams is declared as a NATIONAL TIGER RESERVE.It is called as MUNDANTHURAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.The bus route to these dams crosses a very beautiful waterfalls,The Agathiyar waterfallsand the boat route takes us to the Paanatheertham water falls..The famous and extinct Lion faced monkeys are one of the precious wildlife next to Tigers.Deers,foxes ,wild boars and lots of river bed species of birds are found here. The maximum water level is 143 feet.The maximum capacity of the reservoir is 5500 Million Cubic Feet.The Irrigation area which benefits from this reservoir is 36360 Hectares.The other major details about this reservoir are Full reservoir level is	143 ft,Capacity of the dam is 5500 M.C.ft.,Water spread area is 2.24 Sq. miles,Length of the dam is 744 ft.,Height of the dam is 200 ft.,Surplus arrangements are 6,	Surplus arrangements sizes are	52 X 18 ft.