TNPSC Thervupettagam

Dam Across Thenpennai River

November 15 , 2019 1710 days 1494 0
  • Supreme Court has dismissed Tamilnadu’s petition asking to stay the construction of a dam across Thenpennai River by Karnataka.
  • Karnataka has started constructing a 50-metre-high dam across Markandey, a tributary of Thenpennai river.
  • The river originates in Chennakesava hills of Karnataka.
  • It travels 432 kilometres through Hosur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Thiruvannamalai and Villupuram and reaches the sea.

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