Aliyar Reservoir
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| Location | Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | India |
Aliyar (ஆழியார் azhiyar) Reservoir is a small reservoir situated near Pollachi in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu. The dam offers some ideal getaways including a park, an aquarium and a mini Theme-Park maintained by Tamilnadu Fisheries Corporation.[1]
The dam is located on the foothills of Valparai, in the Anamalai range of the Western Ghats.[2]
[edit] Hydel Power Project
The Aliyar Dam was constructed during the years 1959-1969 across Aliyar river mainly for irrigation purposes. At present, the discharges are being let down through three sets of slucies/ canals, viz., Pollachi Canal, Vettaikaranpudur Canal and the river slucies. The project was commissioned in September 2002 to generate Hydro Electric Power. Under this scheme, the irrigation discharges let down through river slucies of the Aliyar Dam are proposed to be utilized for power generation in a power house to be located at the toe of the dam. Being a micro hydel scheme, this project is subsidized by the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy sources, Government of India.[3]
