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Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary

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Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
The Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four major dams built on India's Chambal River. The dam is located in the Mandsaur, Neemuch districts of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is a masonry gravity dam, standing 62.17 metres high, with a gross storage capacity of 7.322 billion cubic metres from a catchment area of 22,584 km2 . The dam's foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 7 March 1954, and construction of the main dam was done by leading contractor Dwarka Das Agrawal & Associates and was completed in 1960. Additional dam structures were completed downstream in the 1970s. The dam sports a 115-MW hydroelectric power station at its toe, with five 23-MW generating units each providing a total energy generation of about 564 GWh. The water released after power generation is used for the irrigation of 427,000 hectares by the Kota Barrage, which is located 104 kilometres downstream of the dam, near the city of Kota in the state of Rajasthan.The dam's reservoir area is the second-largest in India , and attracts a large number of migratory and non-migratory birds throughout the year. The International Bird Life Agency has qualified the reservoir under A4iii criteria, as the congregation of waterbirds is reported to exceed 20,000 at some points.
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