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Karaiyar Dam

The Papanasam dam also known as Karaiyar Dam is located 49 kilometres (30 mi) away from Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, India. It is on Thambirabarani river .Karaiyar Dam was built for power generation and to meet the water requirements for irrigation. Papanasam Hydroelectric Power Plant has a design capacity of 28 megawatts. The dam is used to irrigate 86,107 acres (34,846 ha) of paddy fields in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts.