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Dam Attractions In India

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Dam Attractions In India

  • 1. Malampuzha Garden and Dam Palakkad
    Malampuzha Dam is the largest reservoir in Kerala, located near Palakkad, in the state of Kerala in South India, built post independence by the then Madras state. Situated in the scenic hills of the Western Ghats in the background it is a combination of a masonry dam with a length of 1,849 metres and an earthen dam with a length of 220 metres. The dam is 355 feet high and crosses the Malampuzha River, a tributary of Bharathappuzha, Kerala's second longest river. There is a network of two canal systems that serve the dam's reservoir of 42,090 hectares.
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  • 2. Mattupetty Dam Munnar
    Mattupetty Dam , near Munnar in Idukki District, is a storage Concrete Gravity dam built in the mountains of Kerala, India to conserve water for hydroelectricity. It has been a vital source of power yielding along with other such dams, huge revenue to the states. The large amount of perennially available water allows wild animals and birds to flourish. However salinity caused by irrigation and water-logging are of concern to environmentalists.Munnar is located near the confluence of the mountain streams of Muthirappuzha River, Chanduvarai River and Kundale River. See:map The reservoir is also known to be one of the visiting grounds of elephants in the region.
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  • 4. Dhom Dam Panchgani
    Dhom Dam, is an earthfill and gravity dam on Krishna river near Wai in state of Maharashtra in India.
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  • 6. Patratu Dam Patratu
    Patratu is a census town in Patratu of Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
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  • 7. Bango Dam Korba
    Hasdeo Bango Dam is a dam constructed in 1961-62 across the Hasdeo river in Chhattisgarh, India. It is longest,widest dam in Chhattisgarh.It is first multi purpose water project in chhattisgarh.It is located 70 km from Korba, Korba district. It has a catchment area of 6,730 km2.
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  • 9. Indirasagar Dam Khandwa
    The Indira Sagar Dam is a multipurpose project of Madhya Pradesh on the Narmada River at Narmada Nagar, Mundi in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh in India. The foundation stone of the project was laid by late Smt Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India on 23 October 1983. The construction of main dam started in 1992. The downstream projects of ISP are Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, and Sardar Sarovar Project. To build it, a town of 22,000 people and 100 villages were displacedThe Project envisages construction of a 92 m high and 653 m long concrete gravity dam. It provides Irrigation in 1,230 square kilometres of land with annual production of 2.7 billion units in the districts of Khandwa and Khargone in Madhya Pradesh and power generation of 1,000 MW installed capacity. The reservoir...
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  • 10. Idukki Dam Idukki
    The Idukki Dam is a double curvature Arch dam constructed across the Periyar River in a narrow gorge between two granite hills locally known as Kuravan and Kurathi in Kerala, India. At 168.91 metres , it is one of the highest arch dams in Asia. It is constructed and owned by the Kerala State Electricity Board. It supports a 780 MW hydroelectric power station in Moolamattom, which started generating power on 4 October 1975. The dam type is a concrete, double curvature parabolic, thin arc dam.This dam was constructed along with two other dams at Cheruthoni and Kulamavu. Together, the three dams have created an artificial lake that is 60 km2 in area. The stored water is used to produce electricity at the Moolamattom Power house, which is located inside nearby rocky caves. The Government of Ca...
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  • 11. Waghur Dam Jalgaon
    Waghur Dam is an earthfill dam located on the Waghur River near Kandari and Varadsim, Jalgaon in the Indian state of Maharashtra.The Waghur river flows from its source near Ajanta through the Khandesh region. Work on this major irrigation project was taken up by the Water Resources Department of Maharashtra and began construction in 1978. The dam's main purpose is to supply water to Jalgaon city. Canals were built along the left and right banks of the river to meet irrigation needs. In 2006, record rainfall in the catchment area of Waghur was recorded. Nearly 40 TMC of water spilled over the dam. As of 2008, the dam's reservoir had storage capacity of 75 TMC. Twenty additional spill gates were planned for the dam, increasing storage capacity by 15 TMC. The project was to supply drinking wa...
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  • 12. Mahi Dam Banswara
    The Mahi is a river in western India. It rises in Madhya Pradesh and, after flowing through the Vagad region of Rajasthan, enters Gujarat and flows into the Arabian Sea. It is one of the many west-flowing rivers in India, along with Tapti River, Sabarmati River, Luni River and the Narmada River. Most peninsular rivers in India flow in an easterly direction into the Bay of Bengal. It has given its name to the Mahi Kantha agency of Bombay, and also to the mehwasis, marauding highlanders often mentioned in Arabian chronicles.The exact position of Mahi River origin is Minda Village, which is situated in Dhar district Madhaya Pradesh. Mahi River, stream in western India. It rises in the western Vindhya Range, just south of Sardarpur, and flows northward through Madhya Pradesh state. Turning nor...
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  • 14. Manimuthar And Papanasam Dams Tirunelveli
    The Manimuthar Dam is located in Manimutharu 50.8 kilometres away from Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, India. It the biggest reservoir of the Tirunelveli district. This dam was built in 1958 near Singambatti, by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Kamaraj and K T Kosalram MP to prevent the mixing of Rainwater with the Bay of Bengal during the rainy season. In this dam we can hold water up to 118 feet. The dam is 5,511 million cubic feet. The total length of the dam is 3 km It irrigated Around 65,000 acres of areas in the northern part of the Nanguneri Taluk and Thisayanvilai and Southern Veeravanallur, Karispalpatti which are not irrigated by Pachaiyarai in Tirunelveli district.
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  • 15. Tatipudi Reservoir Vizianagaram
    Tatipudi Reservoir is a water reservoir on River Gosthani located in Tatipudi, Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh. It is a water supply reservoir to the city of Visakhapatnam.Thatipudi Reservoir Project was constructed across Gosthani River during 1963-1968. The Project is aimed to irrigate a total ayacut of 15,378 acres in Vizianagaram District and to provide drinking water to Visakhapatnam City. The Project utilizes 3.325 tmcft of the available water and the reservoir storage capacity is about 3 tmcft. The Cost of the project is Rs. 1.820 crores. The Ayacut of 15,378 acres has been stabilised in Gantyada, S.Kota and Jami Mandals of Vizianagaram District.
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