Adyanpara Weir
Adyanpara Weir is a small diversion dam constructed across Kanjirapuzha River at Adyanpara in Chaliyar panchayath of Kurumbalangode village in Malappuram district of Kerala, India. This weir is a part of Adyanpara SHEP, which envisages development of power by utilizing the potential of Kanjirapuzha stream, a tributary of Chaliyar river. It consist of a diversion weir, desilting chamber of splay type, power tunnel of length 968.50m, an underground surge tank in circular shape. The 3.5 megawatt hydroelectric project has been setup as part of the Small Hydro Electric Project. The water from the weir flows to Kanjirapuzha through the Taluk of Nilambur. The dam is a concrete-gravity type dam with a height of and a length of.
Specifications
- Latitude : 11⁰ 21′ 27 ” N
- Longitude : 76⁰ 11′ 32” E
- Panchayath : Chaliyar
- Village : Kurumbalangode
- District : Malappuram
- River Basin : Chaliyar
- River : Kanjirapuzha
- Release from Dam to river : Kanjirapuzha
- Taluk through which release flows : Nilambur
- Year of completion : 2015
- Name of Project : Adyanpara Small Hydro Electric Project
- Type of Dam : Concrete – gravity
- Classification : Weir
- Maximum Water Level EL 202.529 m
- Full Reservoir Level EL 201.11 m
- Storage at FRL Diversion only
- Height from deepest foundation : 5.56 m
- Length : 58.0 m
- Spillway : overflow section
- Crest Level : EL 201.11 m
- River Outlet Nil
- Purpose of Project Hydro Power