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    Periyar Dam

    Mullaperyiar dam was built by British in 1895. It stands on Peryiar river


    whose flow orginates from Thekkady.The dam was built mainly for watering the
    paddy fields of Tamil Nadu perenially drought - prone. Even though the dam is
    now in Kerala, most of the water in the reservoir is still released to Tamil Nadu
    and is cause for considerable political tensions between the two states.The dam
    is 175 feet tall in hight and is 5704 feet long.

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