Linganamakki Dam, Shimoga, Karnataka India

The Karnataka State Government constructed the Linganamakki dam in 1964. This dam was located in the premises of Sagara taluk. Linganamakki dam has a length of 2.4 km, extending across the Sharavathi River. The Linganamakki dam is also a tourist attraction, owing to the Jog Falls, located 6 kms away.

The dam was designed to hold 4368 million cubic meter of water in an area of around 300 km², submerging 50.62 km² of swamp land and 7 km² of arid land, with the remaining being forest land and wasteland. The dam rises to a height of 1819 feet above sea level. The Linganamakki dam receives water mainly from rainfall and also from the Chakra and Savahaklu reservoirs, which are linked through Linganamakki through a canal. The water from the Linganamakki dam flows through a trapezoidal canal into the Talakalale Balancing Reservoir.

The discharge capacity of this canal is around 175.56 cumecs. This channel is about 4318.40 m long with a submersion of 7.77 km². Encompassing a catchment area of about 46.60 km², the gross capacity of the reservoir is 129.60 cu meters. There is a large reservoir behind the dam and the discharge from the dam can be quite heavy. Many tourists also visit this spot, when the dam`s sluice gates are kept open. While the gates are closed upstream from Jog Falls, often nature lovers walk down into the fall`s ravine. The dam generates 2*27.5 MW power.