Vaigai Dam

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Vaigai Dam
Vaigai Dam

Vaigai Dam is built across the Vaigai River near Andipatti, in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu, southern India. It provides water for irrigation for the Madurai district and the Dindigul district as well as drinking water to Madurai and Andipatti.[1] Near the dam the Government of Tamil Nadu has constructed the Agricultural Research Station for researching the growing of a variety of crops, including rice, sorghum, blackgram, cowpea and cotton.[2]

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  1. ^ Water released from Vaigai dam for irrigation. The Hindu. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
  2. ^ Welcome to Agricultural Research Station, Vaigai Dam. Tamil Nadu Government. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.

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