Bhakra Dam (Bilaspur, Himachal
Pradesh) - Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the
Satluj River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in India. The length of
the dam is 518.25 m and the width is 9.1 m. Its reservoir known as
"Gobind Sagar" stores up to 9.34 billion cubic metres of
water.
Gandhi Sagar Dam (Mandsaur,
Madhya Pradesh) - Gandhi Sagar Dam is a major dam built on
Chambal River. The dam is located in the Mandsaur district of the
state of Madhya Pradesh. It is a masonry gravity dam, standing 62.17
m high, with a gross storage capacity of 7.32 billion cubic metres
of water.
Hirakud Dam (Sambalpur, Odisha)
- Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km
from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. Behind the dam
extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km long. It is one of the
first major multipurpose river valley projects started after India's
independence.
Nagarjunasagar Dam (Nalgonda,
Andhra Pradesh) - Nagarjuna Sagar Dam was built across the
Krishna river at Nagarjuna Sagar where the river is forming boundary
between Nalgonda district of Telangana state and Guntur district of
Andhra Pradesh state. The dam created a water reservoir whose gross
storage capacity is 11,472,000,000 cubic metres. It is also one of
the earliest multi-purpose irrigation and hydro-electric projects in
India.
Lower Bhavani Dam
(Mettupallayam, Tamil Nadu) - Lower Bhavani Dam, is located in
Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India. The dam is constructed on Bhavani
river. It is one of the worlds largest Earthen Dam. Dam was opened
for use in 1956. The dam has two hydel power stations, one on the
east bank canal and the other on the Bhavani river.
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam (Kota,
Rajasthan) - Ranapratap Sagar Dam is a gravity masonry dam of
53.8 m height built on the Chambal River in Rajasthan in India. The
dam has created a storage capacity of 2,898,000,000 cubic metres of
water. The direct benefit from the dam is hydropower generation of
172 MW.
Konar Dam (Hazaribagh, Bihar)
- Konar dam is the second of the four multi-purpose dams included in
the first phase of the Damodar Valley Corporation. It was
constructed across the Konar River, a tributary of the Damodar River
in Hazaribagh district in the state of Jharkhand and opened in 1955.
Konar Dam is 4,535 m long and 48.77 m high.
Matatila Dam (Jhansi, Uttar
Pradesh) - Matatila Dam is a dam in India that was built in 1958
on the Betwa River. This earthen dam is 35 m high with a maximum
storage capacity of 1132 million cubic metres of water.
Panchet Hill Dam (Dhanbad,
Jharkhand) - Panchet Dam was the last of the four multi-purpose
dams included in the first phase of the Damodar Valley Corporation.
It was constructed across the Damodar River at Panchet in Dhanbad
district, Jharkhand and opened in 1959. The Panchet Dam is an
earthen dam with concrete spillway. Panchet Dam has a storage
capacity of 170.37 million cubic metres of water.
Massanjore Dam (Dumka,
Jharkhand) - Massanjore dam, across the Mayurakshi River, is in
Dumka district of Jharkhand State. It is also called Canada Dam or
Pearson Dam. The dam is 155 feet high from its base and is 2170 feet
long. The reservoir has an area of 16,650 acres when full and has a
storage capacity of 500,000 acre feet.
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