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*The largest and highest gravity dam in Kerala
Ans : Cheruthony
*The second largest hydel power station in Kerala
Ans : Sabarigiri
* Sabarigiri Project is on Pamba and Kakki river
*The second hydrolectric power project in Kerala
Ans : Chenkulam Hydroelectric project
*Peringalkoothu ‘Hydro electric project - is situated in Chalakkudipuzha
*Sabarigiri project is situated in Pathanamthitta District
*Peppara Hydro electric proj ect started in the year 1996
*Neriamangalam hydro electric project is situated at Adimali
*Idamalayar Hydroelectric project located in Ernakulam District.
*The first hydro power proj ect of Malabar region
Ans : Kuttiyadi
*The hydro electric power project, which is undertaken by a district panchayat-Meenvaliant (palakkad)
*The two private hydro electric projects -Maniyaar in Pathanamthitta and Kuthunkal in Idukki
*The first hydro electric project in the private sector is at Maniyar (Pathanamthitta)
*The largest private' sector hydro electric Metric power project in Kerala
Ans : Kuthunkal
*The only municipal corporation ill'Kerala which distributes electricity
Ans : Thrissur
*Mankulam Grama Panchayat is the first' panchayat to generate its own electricity
*The name of rain water harvest programme, organised by Kerala Government
Ans : Varsha
Thermal projects
*The first diesel power plant of Kerala
Ans : Brahmapuram Diesel Power Plant Kochi It was commissioned in the year 1999.
*The second thermal plant in Kerala
Ans : Nallalam Diesel power project in Kozhikode
*The first naptha based plant in Kerala - The Kayamkulam power plant
* The Kayamkulam power plant is the 17th project of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
*It is also known as Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle power project.
*Kayamkulam Power plant was inaugurated by
Ans : A.B. Vajpayee (1999)
* Water from Achenkovil river is used as cooling water in Kayamkulam NTPC.
Thermal Power plants in Kerala
Plant Fuel District
Kayamkulam Naphta Alappuzha
Brahmapuram Diesel Ernakulam
Nallalam Diesel Kozhikode
Cheemeni Natural gas Kasargod
Vypin Natural gas Ernakulam
