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 What is dam?
A barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its
level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity
or as a water supply.
 Official name Bhakra Dam
Location Bilaspur, Himachal
Pradesh
Construction began 1948
Opening date 1963
Impounds Satluj Rive
Height 741 ft (226 m)
Length 1,700 ft (520 m)

The dam, at 741 ft (226 m), is one of the highest gravity dams in the world
The third largest reservoir in India the first being Indira Sagar Dam and
second Nagarjunasagar Dam.
Described as "New Temple of Resurgent India" by Jawaharlal Nehru
Nangal Dam is another dam downstream of Bhakra Dam. However, sometimes both
the dams together are called Bhakra-Nangal Dam though they are two separate dams.
The dam provides irrigation to 10 million acres (40,000 km) of fields
in Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan
 Nizam Sagar Dam
Dam Name Nizam Sagar Dam
State Name Telangana
The ruler of the State of
Built By
Hyderabad.
Impounds Manjira River
Catchment Area 21,694 sq km
Total Storage Capacity 362.40 Million m3
Purpose Hydroelectric,Irrigation
Construction began In 1923
Opening date In 1931
Height 95.72 meters
Length 6392.73 meters

It is a reservoir constructed across the Manjira River, a tributary

of the Godavari River.
Nizamsagar dam was constructed in 1923 by the rulers of the
erstwhile Hyderabad State, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It was made by
emptying over 40 villages.
Nizam Sagar is the oldest dam in the state of Telangana.
Dam Name Dantiwada Dam
State Name Gujarat
Impounds Banas River
District Name Banaskantha
Total Capacity 1418 Tcm
Purpose Irrigation
Construction began In 1958
Opening date In 1965
Height 61 meters
Length 4832 meters
Dantiwada Water Resources
Project Project

Dantiwada dam is a mud & Masonry dam on the West Banas

River
The dam was constructed in 1965 mainly for irrigation and
flood control. The dam was constructed in 1965 mainly for
irrigation and flood control.
 Baglihar Dam
Baglihar Dam Facts
Dam Name Baglihar Dam
State Name Jammu and Kashmir
Impounds Chenab River
District Name Doda
Total Capacity 15 billion cubic feet
Hydroelectric Power
Purpose
Generation
Power Generation Capacity 900 MW
Construction began In 1999
Opening date In 2008
Height 144 meters
Length 317 meters
Baglihar Hydroelectric Power
Project
Project (BHEP)

Baglihar Dam also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power

Project.
It is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River.
The project is estimated to cost USD $1 billion.
 Uri Hydroelectric Dam Facts
Dam Name Uri Hydroelectric Dam
State Name Jammu and Kashmir
Impounds Jhelum River
Total Storage
225 m3
Capacity
Hydroelectric Power
Purpose Generation
Power Generation
240MW
Capacity
Height 52 meters
Length 157 meters
Uri-I hydroelectric
Project Project and Uri-II
hydroelectric Project

Uri Dam is a 480 MW hydroelectric power station on the Jhelum River near Uri in Baramula
district of the Jammu and Kashmir
It is located very near to the Line of Control, border between India and Pakistan.
The project cost about Rs. 33 billion (about 450 million EUR or 660 million USD) and was
completed in 1997.
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960 by Prime Minister of
India Jawaharlal Nehru and President of Pakistan Ayub Khan.
 Tungabhadra Dam Facts
Dam Name Tungabhadra Dam
State Name Karnataka
Karnataka Power Corporation
Build By Limited
Impounds Tungabhadra River
Total Capacity 135000 million ft3
Hydroelectric, Irrigation and Water
Purpose Supply
Power Generation Capacity 72 MW
Construction began In 1952
Opening date In 1953
Height 49.5 meters
Length 18406 meters
Width (base) 28.5 meters

The Tungabhadra Dam is constructed across the Tungabhadra River, a tributary of the Krishna
River
It is a multipurpose dam serving irrigation, electricity generation, flood control, etc.
The main architect of the dam was Dr Thirumala Iyengar, an engineer from Madras.
This is a joint project of erstwhile Hyderabad state and erstwhile Madras Presidency when the
construction was started; later it became a joint project of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh after
its completion in 1953.
Dam Name Idukki Dam
State Name Kerala
Concrete, double curvature
Type of dam parabolic, thin arch.
Kerala State Electricity Board
Built By (KSEB)
Impounds Periyar River
Total Storage Capacity 4,50,000 m3
Irrigation and Electric Power
Purpose Generation
Construction began In 1969
Opening date In 1973
Power Generation
780 MW
Capacity
Height 168.91 meters
Length 365.85 meters
Project Idukki Hydroelectric Project

Idukki Dam is 554 feet tall.

The Idukki Dam is a double curvature arch dam constructed across the Periyar(the
largest river in Kerala) River in a narrow gorge between two granite
hills Kuravan and Kurathi in Kerala.
Dam Name Mullaperiyar Dam
State Name Kerala
Owner Kerala
Impounds Periyar River
Catchment Area 5398 km2
Total Capacity 443,230,000 m3
Purpose Irrigation
Construction began In 1887
Opening date In 1895
Height 53.66 meters
Length 365.85 meters
Width (base) 42.2 meters
Project Mullaperiyar Dam Project

The dam is located in Kerala on the river Periyar but is

operated and maintained by Tamil Nadu state.
The control and safety of the dam and the validity and
fairness of the lease agreement have been points of dispute
between Kerala and Tamil Nadu states.
 Bansagar Dam
Location Deolond, Shahdol
District, Madhya Pradesh

Construction began 14 May 1978

Opening date 25 September 2006

Impounds Sone River.

Height 67 m (220 ft)

Length 1,020 m (3,350 ft)

Creates Bansagar Reservoir

Bansagar or Ban Sagar Dam is a multipurpose river Valley Project

on Sone River situated in the Ganges Basin in Madhya Pradesh,
The project was called "Bansagar" after Bana Bhatt, the
renowned Sanskrit scholar of the 7th century.
It also provides power generation of 425 MW in Madhya Pradesh.
The foundation stone of the Bansagar project was laid by the late Prime
Minister Morarji Desai on 14 May 1978.
 Gandhi Sagar Dam
Gandhi Sagar Dam Facts
Dam Name Gandhi Sagar Dam
State Name Madhya Pradesh
Impounds Chambal River
Total Storage Capacity 7.322 billion m3
Hydroelectric Power
Purpose Generating, Irrigation and
fishing
Construction began In 1954
Opening date In 1970
Height 62 meters
Length 514 meters
Power Generation Capacity 142 MW
Project Chambal Valley Project

The Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four major dams built on India's Chambal River.
The dam's foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 7
March 1954
The dam's reservoir area is the second-largest in India (after the Hirakud Reservoir), and
attracts a large number of migratory and non-migratory birds throughout the year.
The Chambal River (known in ancient times as the Chamranyavati River) raises in the Vindhya
Range at an elevation of 853 metres west-southwest of the town of Mhow, near Indore.
 Hirakud Dam Facts
Dam Name Hirakud Dam
State Name Odisha
Type of dam Composite Dam and Reservoir
Orissa Hydro Power Corporation
Operated by
Ltd.
Impounds Mahanadi River
Total Storage Capacity 5,896,000,000 m3
Purpose Multipurpose
Construction began In 1948
Opening date In 1957
Power Generation Capacity 347.5 MW
Height 60.96 meters
Length 4.8 km
Project Hirakud Dam Project

Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi river

Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km long. It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley projects
started after India's independence.
The dam was completed in 1953 and was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru on 13 January 1957.
The amount of earth, concrete and masonry materials used to build the dam is
sufficient to make a road 8 metres wide and pave it from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and
from Amritsar to Dibrugarh in Assam.
 Rihand Dam Facts
Dam Name Rihand Dam
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar
Known as also Reservoir
State Name Uttar Pradesh
Impounds Rihand River
Total Storage Capacity 10.6 billion m3
Irrigation, Flood Control and
Purpose Electric Power Generation
Construction began In 1954
Opening date In 1962
Power Generation Capacity 300 MW
Height 91.44 meters
Length 934.21 meters
Project Rihand Dam Project

It is on the Rihand River which is the tributary of the Son River.

The catchment area of this dam is spread in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh & Chhattisgarh whereas it supplies irrigation water
in Bihar located in the downstream of the river.
 Tehri Dam
Dam Name Tehri Dam
State Name Uttarakhand
Tehri Hydro Development
Operated by
Corporation Ltd.
Nearest City New Tehri
Impounds Bhagirathi River
Total Storage Capacity 4.0 km3
Purpose Multipurpose
Construction began In 1978
Opening date In 2006
Power Generation Capacity 1,000 MW
Height 260.5 meters
Length 575 meters
Width (crest) 20 meters
Project Tehri Dam Project

The Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India and one of the tallest in the world.
It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi
River near Tehri in Uttarakhand,
The Tehri Dam withholds a reservoir for irrigation, municipal water supply and the
generation of 1,000 megawatts (1,300,000 hp) of hydroelectricity.
 Maharana Pratap Sagar
Location Kangra district, Himachal
Pradesh

Type reservoir (low altitude)

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Catchment area 12,561 km (4,850 sq mi)
Max. length 42 kilometres (26 mi)
Max. width 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Settlements Pong & Bharmar Shivothan
Official name Pong Dam Lake
Designated 19 August 2002

Maharana Pratap Sagar also known as Pong

Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake was created in 1975, by
building the highest earth fill dam in India on the Beas River
The Pong Reservoir and Gobindsagar Reservoir are the two
most important fishing reservoirs in the Himalayan foothills
of Himachal Pradesh. These reservoirs are the leading
sources of fish within the Himalayan states.
 Srisailam Dam
Dam Name Srisailam Dam
State Name Andhra Pradesh
Impounds Krishna River
Total Capacity 216 Tmc ft
Purpose Hydroelectric
Construction began In 1960
Opening date In 1981
Height 145.10 meters
Length 512 meters
Project The Srisailam Dam Project

The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the Krishna

River on the border of Mahabubnagar
District, Telangana and Kurnool district, Andhra
Pradesh
 Nathpa Jhakri Dam
Dam Name Nathpa Jhakri Dam
State Name Himachal Pradesh
Type of dam Concrete gravity
Impounds Satluj River
Hydroelectric Power
Purpose
Production
Construction began In 1993
Opening date In 2004
Height 62.5 meters
Length 185 meters
Nathpa Jhakri
Project
Hydroelectric Project

The Nathpa Jhakri Dam is a concrete gravity dam on

the Satluj River in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Construction on the project began in 1993 and it was
complete in 2004.
 Ukai Dam
Dam Name Ukai Dam
State Name Gujarat
Also Known By As Vallabh Sagar
Impounds Tapti River
Total Capacity 7414.29 Mm3
Irrigation, Power Generation
Purpose and flood control.
Construction began In 1964
Opening date In 1972
Height 80.772 meters
Length 4,927 meters
Project Ukai Water Resources Project
 Indravati Dam
Dam Name Indravati Dam
State Name Odisha
Odisha Hydro Power
Operated by
Corporation Ltd.
Impounds Indravati River
Total Storage Capacity 2430 million m3
Purpose Hydroelectric, Irrigation
Opening date In 1996
Power Generation Capacity 600 MW
Height 45 meters
Length 539 meters
Upper Indravati Multi
Project
Purpose Project

Indravati Dam is a gravity dam on the Indravati River.

Currently it is the largest power producing dam in eastern India with a
capacity of 600 MW.
It ics about 90 km from Bhawanipatna in the state of Odisha
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