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    The document summarizes some of the major dams in India by state, including their names, locations, and key rivers. Some of the largest and most important dams highlighted include the Bhakra Nangal Dam on the Sutlej River in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, the Tehri Dam on the Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand (India's tallest dam), and the Hirakud Dam on the Mahanadi River in Odisha (India's longest dam). The document provides an overview of many dams across India to give context on water management infrastructure.

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    The document summarizes some of the major dams in India by state, including their names, locations, and key rivers. Some of the largest and most important dams highlighted include the Bhakra Nangal Dam on the Sutlej River in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, the Tehri Dam on the Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand (India's tallest dam), and the Hirakud Dam on the Mahanadi River in Odisha (India's longest dam). The document provides an overview of many dams across India to give context on water management infrastructure.

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    of 10

    Major Dams

    of India
    Dam
    A barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water
    Reservoirs created by dams - suppress floods, provide water for irrigation,
    electricity, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability

    Highlights on some important Dams in India:


    Tehri Dam
    Highest Dam in India River: Bhagirathi River
    (Uttarakhand)
    Hirakud
    Longest Dam in India River: Mahanadi
    Dam (Odisha)
    Kallanai Dam
    Oldest Dam in India River: Kaveri
    (Tamil Nadu)

    JAMMU & KASHMIR


    Uri Dam/ उरी ब ाँध
    River: Jhelum

    Dulhasti Dam
    Salal Dam
    Baglihar Dam
    River: Chenab
    HIMACHAL PRADESH

    Bhakra Dam
    River: Sutlej

    Koldam Dam
    Sutlej

    Nathpa Jhakri Dam /


    Sutlej river

    HIMACHAL PRADESH

    Pong Dam Pong Dam

    Beas river

    Chamera Dam
    Nathpa Jhakri
    Ravi Dam

    PUNJAB
    Ranjith Sagar Dam (Thein
    Dam/ थीन ब ांध)

    On border of Punjab and


    Jammu and Kashmir
    Ravi River

    Nangal Dam
    River: Sutlej
    The Bhakra Nangal Dam
    •India's 2nd tallest at 225 m.
    •Bhakra Dam – Himachal; Nangal Dam - Punjab

    •Reservoir of Bhakra Dam - Gobind Sagar

    •Described as "New Temple of Resurgent India" by Jawaharlal Nehru


    •Nangal dam is another dam downstream of Bhakra dam.

    •Sometimes both the dams together are called Bhakra-Nangal dam


    though they are two separate dams.

    UTTARAKHAND
    Tehri Dam
    River: Bhagirathi
    Tallest Dam in India
    Height: 260.5 meters
    Koteshwar Dam
    Bhagirathi River

    UTTARAKHAND
    Lakhwar-Vyasi Dam
    Yamuna River

    RamgangaDam
    (Kalagarh Dam)
    DHAULIGANGA DAM
    Ramganga River
    TEHRI DAM
    Jamrani Dam
    Gola River

    (Lakhwar-Vyasi Dam project -


    biggest hydroelectric dam
    complex on the Yamuna River)
    UTTAR PRADESH
    Rihand Dam/
    Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam
    Rihand River (tributary of the Son River)

    Reservoir in UP & MP border

    Rani Laxmibai Dam


    Rani Laxmibai dam (Rajghat Dam)
    Rihand Dam Matatila Dam
    Betwa River
    Matatila Dam/

    ODISHA
    Hirakud Dam (Longest Dam in India)
    River: Mahanadi
    (Total Length: 25.79 km
    Length of Main Dam:4.8 km)

    Indravati Dam – Indravati River


    (tributary of Godavari)
    Kapur Dam – Kapur river
    Rengali Dam – Brahmani river
    Haldia dam – Haldia river

    JHARKHAND
    Tilaiya Dam
    Tilaiya Dam and Maithon Dam
    River - Barakar
    (a tributary of Damodar river) Panchet Dam
    Maithon Dam

    Panchet Dam- Damodar river

    Konar Dam - Konar River (a tributary of Damodar river)

    Tenughat Dam – Damodar River


    Damodar valley multipurpose project four dams:
    Tilaiya and Maithon (on Barakar River), Konar (Konar River), and Panchet (Damodar River).
    RAJASTHAN

    Bisalpur Dam
    Bisalpur Dam/बीसलपुर ब ांध Banas River
    Banas River

    Ranapratap Sagar Dam Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam


    Chambal River Mahi river

    Jaswant Sagar
    Luni River
    Rana Pratap Sagar dam,
    Jawahar Sagar Dam
    Chambal River

    Chambal is a tributary of Yamuna

    Chambal Valley Development Project:


    consisted of three dams, namely, Gandhi Sagar in
    Madhya Pradesh,
    Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar in Rajasthan
    for power production and the Kota Barrage in
    Rajasthan for irrigation.

    MADHYA PRADESH
    Gandhi Sagar Dam
    Gandhi Sagar Dam
    Chambal River
    Indra Sagar Dam
    Narmada River
    Indra Sagar Dam
    Bansagar Dam
    Son River
    (Tributary of Ganga)
    Omkareshwar Dam
    Narmada River Tawa Dam
    (upcoming world's largest floating 600 MW solar Tawa River
    (tributary of Narmada)
    energy project to be constructed)
    Daudhan Dam
    • Daudhan dam will be built on Ken river inside
    the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.

    • Construction of the Daudhan dam will result


    into the submergence of 10% of the critical
    tiger habitat of MP’s Panna Tiger Reserve
    that will adversely affect the tiger conservation
    efforts.

    • Submergence by Daudhan and Makodia


    reservoirs will result into the displacement of
    20,000 people of the Bundelkhand region and
    will give rise to rehabilitation issues.

    GUJARAT
    Sardar Sarovar
    River: Narmada

    Ukai Dam & Kakrapar Dam


    River: Tapti

    Kadana Dam Mahi River


    Karjan Dam Karjan River (Tributary of
    Narmada)
    Sipu Dam Sipu River
    (Tributary of Banas)

    MAHARASHTRA
    Koyna Dam Koyna River (tributary of Krishna)
    Ujani Dam Bhima River
    Jayakwadi Dam Godavari River
    Bhatsa Dam Bhatsa & Chorna Rivers
    Aruna Dam Aruna River
    TELANGANA Pochampad Dam
    (Sri Ram Sagar Project)
    Godavari River
    Pochampad dam

    Nagarjuna Sagar,
    Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
    Srisailam Dam
    River: Krishna

    Nizam Sagar Dam,


    Singur Dam
    Manjira River
    (tributary of Godavari)

    Nagarjuna Sagar & Srisailam straddles the border between Telangana and
    Andhra Pradesh.

    ANDHRA PRADESH

    Polavaram Project
    (upcoming)
    Godavari

    Srisailam Dam Nagarjuna Sagar,


    Srisailam Dam
    Somasila Dam River: Krishna

    Somasila Dam
    Nagarjuna Sagar & Srisailam straddles the
    border between Telangana and Andhra Pennar River
    Pradesh.
    Karnataka Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
    Kaveri River
    Almatti Dam
    Tungabhadra Dam
    Tunga Bhadra Dam Tungabhadra River

    Basava Sagar Dam,


    Almatti Dam
    (Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam)
    Krishna River
    Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
    Supa Dam – Kali Nadi
    Hidkal Dam - Ghataprabha

    Kerala Idduki Dam


    River: Periyar
    Biggest Arch Dam of India

    Mullaperiyar Dam
    River: Periyar

    Banasura Sagar Dam


    River: Kabini
    (tributary of Cauvery)
    TAMIL NADU Kallanai Dam
    (Oldest Dam in India)
    River: Cauvery

    Mettur Dam
    River Cauvery
    Mettur Dam
    Kallanai Dam
    Bhavanisagar Dam,
    Pillur Dam
    Bhavani River
    (tributary of Cauvery)

    Sholayar Dam
    Sholayar River

    Dam State River


    Dudhawa Dam Chhattisgarh Mahanadi

    Hasdeo Bango Dam Chhattisgarh Hasdeo

    Nagi Dam & Nakti Dam Bihar Nagi & Nakti


    respectively
    Kohira Dam Bihar Kohira
    Mayurakshi reservoir West Bengal Mayurakshi
    project
    Rangit Dam Sikkim Rangit river
    (tributary of Teesta)
    Arunachal Pradesh Ranganadi Dam Ranganadi

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