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Bhakra Nangal Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in Bhakra Village in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir. Nangal Dam is another dam at Nangal in Punjab downstream of Bhakra Dam. However, sometimes both the dams together are called Bhakra-Nangal Dam though they are two ...
Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. It is the longest earthen dam in the world. Behind the dam extends a 55 km (34 mi) long lake, Hirakud Reservoir. It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley projects started after India's independence.
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).
Dam Height Length Type Storage capacity Reservoir Area Complete Location Satluj River: Bhakra Dam: 226m (741 ft ) 520m: Gravity: 9.340 km 3: 168.35 km 2: 1963: Bilaspur: Kol Dam Nathpa Dam: Tons River: Kishau Dam: Baspa River: Karcham Dam: Sangla Dam: Beas River: Pandoh Dam: Pong Dam: Ravi River: Chamera Dam
It is formed by the Bhakra Dam. The reservoir is on the river Sutlej and is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. One of the world's highest gravity dams, the Bhakra dam rises nearly 225.5 m above its lowest foundations. Under the supervision of the American dam-builder, Harvey Slocum, [3] work began in 1955 and was ...
Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam [1] which was the first major multipurpose river valley project after India's independence in 1947. The river flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha , before finally ending in the Bay of Bengal .
Hirakud Reservoir: Odisha: 12 October 2021 743 Hirakund Reservoir is located behind the Hirakund Dam in Odisha. It's shoreline runs close to Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary. [21] 67 Ansupa Lake: Odisha: 12 October 2021 2.31 68 Yashwant Sagar: Madhya Pradesh: 7 January 2022 8.229 69 Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary: Tamil Nadu: 8 November 2021 2.6047 70
Jawaharlal Nehru at Bhakra in 1953. Temples of modern India was a term coined by India's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru while starting the construction of the Bhakra Nangal Dam [1] to describe scientific research institutes, steel plants, power plants, dams being launched in India after independence to jumpstart scientific and industrial progress.