Tourist places like Pampadumchola National Park, Kurinjimalai Sanctuary and Meesappulimalai are close to this dam.

The water stored in the Kundala reservoir is released through the Palar River to Mattupetty dam located downstream.

The water stored in the Mattupetty reservoir is released to downstream via a canal to a power house.

In the first stage, just a run-of-the-river scheme was initially introduced with three units having capacity of 4.5 MW each.

Kundala and Mattupetty dams together contributed about 65,000,000 m3 (2.3×109 cu ft) of storage.