{"id":128236,"date":"2026-10-09T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=128236"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:56:02","slug":"bhavanisagar-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhavanisagar-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhavanisagar Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bhavanisagar Dam Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demanding the release of water from Bhavanisagar Dam into the Kalingarayan Canal, ayacut farmers staged a protest on the Erode Collectorate premises recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bhavanisagar Dam<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhavanisagar Dam and Reservoir, also called <\/span><b>Lower Bhavani Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is located on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhavani-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Bhavani River<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a <\/span><b>major tributary of the Cauvery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River) in Erode district,<\/span><b> Tamil Nadu.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the world&#8217;s largest earthen dams.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam was <\/span><b>constructed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">during the independent period from <\/span><b>1948 to 1955.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Multi-Purpose Dam.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used to store water for <\/span><b>irrigation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, generate <\/span><b>electricity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, supply<\/span><b> drinking water, control floods, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and control the silt formation in the downstream river.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam <\/span><b>feeds the Lower Bhavani Project Canal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is the <\/span><b>second largest dam in Tamil Nadu.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It forms the <\/span><b>tail end of the long river chain on the eastern side<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Western Ghats in Nilgiris. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Coimbatore\/kalingarayan-ayacut-farmers-seek-release-of-water-from-bhavanisagar-dam\/article71559007.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhavanisagar Dam is located on the Bhavani River (a major tributary of the Cauvery River) in Erode district, Tamil Nadu. 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