India's largest dams || 5 largest Indian dams
Today we will know about the largest and highest dams in India, there are about 4300 dams in India. Reservoirs and dams have a great impact on India.
This provides water and electricity to the people for employment, irrigation. Let's know about the major big dams in India.
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This provides water and electricity to the people for employment, irrigation. Let's know about the major big dams in India.
1-Tehri Dam
Tehri Dam is located in the Tehri District of Uttarakhand state of India. It is the highest dam in India. It is the second-highest dam in Asia and eighth in the world.
The Tehri dam is built at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Bhilangana rivers. The height of this dam is 260. 5 meters and the length is 575 meters. Its reservoir capacity is 21 lakh square feet This dam produces 2400 MW of electricity.
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| Tehri Dam |
The Tehri dam is built at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Bhilangana rivers. The height of this dam is 260. 5 meters and the length is 575 meters. Its reservoir capacity is 21 lakh square feet This dam produces 2400 MW of electricity.
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The dam started construction in 1978 while the dam was commissioned in 2006. It cost about 2.5 million dollars to build it. Currently, a lot of work is done from it. For example, to irrigate, to supply water to the city, to make electricity, etc.
2-Bhakra Nangal Dam
This dam is built on the Sutlej River on the border of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in India. This is the second-largest dam in India. The construction of this thing started in 1948. The first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, inaugurated this dam on 22 October 1963.
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| Bhakra Nangal Dam |
There are 2 dams in Bhakra Nangal Dam. One Bhakra and the other Nangal Dam. It is part of the same project. Bhakra Dam is built on the Sutlej river in Bhakra village of Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. Nangal The dam is built in the Nangal village of Punjab. Bhakra Dam is located 10 km from Nangal Dam. Bhakra Dam is higher than Nangal Dam.
Nangal dam reduces the flow of fast water from Bhakra Dam. If the Bhakra Dam breaks due to any reason, the Nangal Dam can stop the water. The height of Bhakra Dam is about 226 meters high and 520 meters long. Its reservoir capacity is about 7500000 square feet. 245 crore 28 lakh was spent on making this thing. The name of the reservoir which holds the water of this dam is Govind Sagar Lake. This name was named after Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Guru of Sikhism.
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| Bhakra Dam |
It is a joint project of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana. For this, water is supplied from Indira Canal Project. Accidents started happening here since 2009 due to this, now it has been closed. Now it is not allowed to roam here.
3-Hirakund Dam
Hirakund Dam is located in the Sambalpur district of Odisha. Its construction started in 1948, its work was completed in 1953, it started working completely in 1957.
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| Hirakund Dam |
The dam is one of the longest dams in the world, built on the Maha River. The Hirakund Dam has a height of 60.96 meters and a width of about 26 kilometers. The reservoir capacity of which dam is about 500000 square feet.
The coastline of its reservoir is 639 km long. Hirakund Lake is the largest man-made lake in Asia. Its purpose is to prevent floods and generate electricity. Its electric capacity is about 307.5 megawatts.
The coastline of its reservoir is 639 km long. Hirakund Lake is the largest man-made lake in Asia. Its purpose is to prevent floods and generate electricity. Its electric capacity is about 307.5 megawatts.
4-Sardar Sarovar Dam
It is situated on the banks of river Narmada in Gujarat, this dam is as famous for its beauty and grandeur as it has been a dispute.
The first initiative of this dam was done by Sardar Patel Ji Engineer M Vachcha of Mumbai had prepared the plan for this dam, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru launched this dam on August 15, 1961, it took 56 years to build this dam.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the dam on the occasion of his 67th birthday.
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| Sardar Sarovar Dam |
This dam will benefit Gujarat Maharashtra Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh The height of this dam is 138. 68 m and width is 1210 m. Its reservoir capacity is about 77 lakh square feet.
5-Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
This dam has been built on the Krishna River in Nal Gonda district of Andhra Pradesh, but it is currently located in the state of Telangana.
The dam was inaugurated by India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on December 10, 1955. Its construction was completed in 1966. Nagarjuna Sagar Lake built from this dam is the third-largest man-made lake in the world.
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| Nagarjuna Sagar Dam |
The dam was inaugurated by India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on December 10, 1955. Its construction was completed in 1966. Nagarjuna Sagar Lake built from this dam is the third-largest man-made lake in the world.
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam has a height of 124 meters and a length of 14 to 50 meters. Its reservoir capacity is about 9371 000 square feet.
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