mettur dam

 

Mettur dam

• Mettur dam is a large damin india built in 1934. 
• It was constructed on a gorgr, where the river kaveri enters the plains.
•  The dam is one of the oldest in india . 
• It provides irrigatiomn facilitates to a part of salem, the length of erode,namakkal ,karur,tiruchirapalli and Thanjavur. 
• The mettur hydro electric power project is also quite large. 
• The dam ,the park power stations and hills make mettur a tourist attraction.