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Location Type Height Length No. of Gates Storage capacity (tmcft) Reservoir Area (km2) Year of Completion Purpose Dowleswaram Barrage: Godavari River: Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh: Barrage: 4.572 m (15 ft) 5,837 m (19,150 ft) 186: 5.14 tmcft (including dead storage) 63.5 km2: 1850: Irrigation & Water supply: Jalaput Dam ...
Koshi Flood 2024 (Hindi: कोशी बाढ़ २०२४) is a big flood caused by the release of approximately 6.61 lakh cusecs of water from the Birpur Barrage of the Koshi river. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world and in India, at an elevation of 5,430 m (17,800 ft) according to the Government of Sikkim. [a] It is located in the Great Himalayas in the Mangan District in Indian state of Sikkim, and considered sacred by Buddhists and Sikhs.
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 ...
The Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four major dams built on India's 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 metres (204.0 ft) high, [1] with a gross storage capacity of 7.322 billion cubic metres from a catchment area of 22,584 km 2 (8,720 sq mi).
The 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long, 55 metres (180 ft) high earthfill embankment dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway and under-sluice structures, concrete diaphragm cut-off wall, rock excavation in foundation, diversion channel, coffer dam and appurtenant works at Tenughat was built for supply of water to Bokaro Steel Plant and the Bokaro industrial area.
Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the border with Bangladesh near sahibganj.
As of September 4, 2024 Gujarat had received 118% of the season's monsoon rainfall, causing flooding, destruction of infrastructure and crops with at least 20.000 people relocating. [ 18 ] On September 26, 46 people, including 37 children, drowned during Hindu festival rituals in flooded bodies of water and rivers .