Key Highlights
- Augustine stated that the dam would secure both drinking water and irrigation for local farming during the summer months.
- He also revealed that administrative sanction for a new project, the “Lower Chattam Munnar” dam, will be granted soon.
- According to officials, the Pattissery Dam is part of the Chenkalar project located in the Kanthalloor panchayat.
- The Water Resources Department completed the construction for ₹60.34 crore.
- The dam has a total storage capacity of one million cubic metres and is expected to provide irrigation to 240 hectares across the Kanthalloor and Keezhanthur areas.
