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10 Gaighat Dam: Baghara Ganga Proposed - Munger: 11 Jalkund Dam: Jalkund 631.1 15.99 Ganga 1968 Earth-fill: Munger: Irrigation 12 Job Dam: Job 1616 18.9 Ganga 1977 Earth-fill: Nawada: Irrigation 13 Kailash Ghati Dam: Kailash Ghati 183 25.9 Ganga 1980 Earth-fill: Jamui: Irrigation 14 Khargpur Lake Dam: Man 221.04 26.53 Ganga 1876 Earth-fill ...
Map of the major rivers, lakes and reservoirs in India. This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). In terms of number of dams, India ranks third after China, and USA.
India experiences an average precipitation of 1,170 millimetres (46 in) per year, or about 4,000 cubic kilometres (960 cu mi) of rains annually or about 1,720 cubic metres (61,000 cu ft) of fresh water per person every year. [1] India accounts for 18% of the world's population and about 4% of the world's water resources.
Video of Dharoi dam. Total 19 villages partially and 28 villages fully submerged into the dam reservoir so they were relocated to new villages. Total land submerged under reservoir include 349.39 hectares (863.4 acres; 1.3490 sq mi) forest land, 2,727.55 hectares (6,739.9 acres; 10.5311 sq mi) wasteland, 7,489.87 hectares (18,507.9 acres; 28.9185 sq mi) cultivable land.
The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. [1] With a height of 260.5 m (855 ft), it is the tallest dam in India and the 13th-tallest dam in the world. It is the primary dam of THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex. The dam ...
Pages in category "Lists of dams in India" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... This page was last edited on 24 November 2015, at 17:04 ...
Name of Dam Year Completed River Location Type Height (m) Length (m) Volume content (10 3 m 3) Gross Storage Capacity (10 3 m 3) Reservoir Area (10 3 m 2) Effective Storage Capacity (10 3 m 3) Purpose Designed Spillway Capacity (m 3 /s) Dhamapur: 1600: Malvan: Sindhudurg: Earthfill: 11: 217: 2687: Irrigation: 9.85: Vihar: 1860: Vihar: Mumbai ...
Even though it is nearer to Trichy, the dam is located in Thanjavur district, [1] [2] 15 km from Tiruchirapalli and 45 km from Thanjavur. [3] [4] [5] It is the fourth oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structure in the world and the oldest in India that is still in use.