Kabini dam

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The Kabini dam is built on the Kabini River in Bidarahally and Beechanahally villages of Heggadadevanakote Taluk in Mysore district of Karnataka, India. The dam has a Length of 966 metres (3,169 ft) and it was built in 1974. The main purpose of the dam is to provide drinking water and irrigation of 22 villages and 14 hamlets and also generate electricity. The dam also provides water to two other dams which are Sagaredoddakere and Upper Nugu Dams. It is an earthen dam with a masonry spillway on the left bank. The dam has a height of 166 feet (51 m) and a length of 12,927 feet (3,940 m).

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Things to do here

• ·Visit after the monsoon for the fullest flow
• ·Stay behind barriers; rocks are slippery
• ·Ask about boating where it is allowed

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