The Dam's construction work was commenced on 20th july, 1925 and it was completed and open for irrigation by his Excellency Sir George Stanley on 21st August,1934
who build the mettur dam
mettur dam
Sri M Vishveswariah
Its in Tamil nadu => Salem distic
39 dams in tamil nadu
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It can take up to at least five years to build a hydroelectric dam.
SATNLEY ReservoirMettur Dam was completed and open for irrigation by his Excellency Sir George Stanley on 21st August,1934. So the reservoir is otherwise called as "SATNLEY Reservoir"
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The Hoover dam weighs 6,600,000 tons. It took 3,250,000 cubic yards of concrete to build the dam itself
It was about 1000,000 of gold or more