Its in Tamil nadu => Salem distic
mettur dam
Sri M Vishveswariah
who build the mettur dam
39 dams in tamil nadu
The population of Mettur is 53,790.
The Dam's construction work was commenced on 20th july, 1925 and it was completed and open for irrigation by his Excellency Sir George Stanley on 21st August,1934
SATNLEY ReservoirMettur Dam was completed and open for irrigation by his Excellency Sir George Stanley on 21st August,1934. So the reservoir is otherwise called as "SATNLEY Reservoir"
The worlds longest dam is Hirakud Dam in Orissa, India.
Idikki Dam in Kerala is India's largest and Asia'a second largest arch dam
Koyna dam is India's biggest dam.
Hirakud Dam in Orrisa
The Tehri, Bhagirathi in India is the highest, it is 856 feet high (261 meters)I think the highest dam in India is Tehri (856Ft)Rogun Dam in Tajikistan. It is 1,099 ft hightehri dam