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Servalar dam
Servalar Dam at Mundanthurai in 2016
Location of the Servalar dam in Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Location	Papanasam, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates	8°41′24″N 77°18′17″E / 8.690041°N 77.304823°E / 8.690041; 77.304823
Purpose	Power generation Irrigation
Opening date	1986
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Height	156 ft (48 m)
Height (foundation)	175.20 ft (53 m)
Length	1,525.59 ft (465 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Servalar reservoir
Total capacity	1.22×10^ cu ft (28,007 acre⋅ft) (1.22 tmc ft)
Power Station
Operator(s)	TNEB
Commission date	Unit 1: 23 March 1986
Turbines	1 x 20 MW
Installed capacity	20 MW

The Servalar Dam was set up for power generation in 1986, with a capacity of 1225 million cubic feet. The peak water level of the dam is 156 ft. The water drained out of the dam's power plant is again stored in Papanasam Dam for irrigation.

References

1. அ.அருள்தாசன் (2015). "பாபநாசம், மணிமுத்தாறு, சேர்வலாறு: படியளக்கும் அணைகள் பாதுகாக்கப்படுமா?". செய்திக் கட்டுரை. தி இந்து. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
2. "Servalar Hydroelectric Power Plant India - GEO".
3. "Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO)".
4. "Water Reservoirs". www.nellai.tn.nic.in. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.
5. "Servalar Dam D00828 -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016.

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