TRUE MENTORS BY ARUN KUMAR AIR-5 SSC CGL 2023

Major Dams in India

Important facts
 Jawaharlal Nehru proclaimed the dams as the 'temples of modern India
 Highest Dam in India-Tehri Dam(Uttarakhand)-River: Bhagirathi River
 Longest Dam in India-Hirakud Dam (Odisha) - River: Mahanadi
 Oldest Dam in India -Kallanai Dam(Tamil Nadu)-River: Kaveri, Year of completion: 100 BC
–100 AD
 First Gravity Dam in Uttrakhand-Song Dam
 The reservoir of Rihand Dam is also known as Govind ballabh Pant Sagar is India’s
Larget artificial lake
 Maharana Pratap Sagar Reservoir on the river beas in Himachal is also known as Pong Dam
 Gobind Sagar Reservoir- on the river Sutlej
 Krishna Raja Sagara Dam designed by Sir M Visvesvaraya
 During the first five year Plan-from 1951-1956-that the mega dam projects of Bhakra-
Nangal, Hirakud, Damodar Valley dam and Mettur dam were initiated.
 Afgan-India Friendship Dam-Salma Dam-(Hari River Afghanistan)
 Indira Gandhi Canal-Longest Canal in India. It Start from Harike Barrage (Punjab)

Some Famous Dams of World

1. Aswan Dam-Nile-Egypt
2. Kariba dam – Zambezi river ( zambia + zimbabwe)
3. Itaipu dam also known as the simon bolivar dam – on border of Paraguay and Brazil
 Three Gorges Dam-China-Largest Hydroelectric Dam in the World
 Hoover Dam-Colorado River-USA

List of Important Dams in India

State Name of Dam River State Name of Dam River
Nizam Sagar Manjira River Ujani Dam Bhima River
Radhanagari Bhogawati River Koyna Dam Koyna River
Maharasht
ra
Telangan Lower Manair Manair River Jayakwadi Dam Godavari River
a Manair River
Mid Manair Gangapur Dam Godavari
and SRSP Flood
Flow Canal
Manair and
Upper Manair Odisha Indravati Dam Indravati River
Kudlair
Singur dam Manjira River Hirakud Dam Mahanadi River
Somasila Dam Pennar River Vaigai Dam Vaigai River
Andhra
Srisailam Dam Krishna River Perunchani Dam Paralayar River
Pradesh Tamil Nadu
Jalaput Dam Machkund River Mettur Dam Kaveri River
Gujarat Ukai Dam Tapti River Kallanai Kaveri
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Bhavani Sagar Bhavani

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Govind Ballabh Rihand River
Dharoi Dam Sabarmati River
Uttar Pant Sagar Dam
Kadana dam Mahi River Pradesh also Rihand
Matatila Damdam Betwa
Dantiwada Dam Banas River Paricha Betwa
Pandoh Dam Beas River Uttarakhan Tehri Dam Bhagirathi River
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Pong dam Beas Dhauli Ganga Dhauli Ganga
Bhakra Nangal
Sutlej River Siswan Dam Siswan
Dam
Himachal Punjab
Pradesh Ranjit Sagar
Nathpa Jhakri Satlej River Ravi
(Thein)
Kol dam Sutlej West Panchet Dam Damodar
Bengal
Chamera Dam Ravi River Farakka Barrage Ganges

Ravishankar Dam
Baglihar Dam Chenab River Mahanadi
( Gangreal)
Chhattisgar
Salal Dam Chenab h Minimata Bango Hasdeo
Chutak Dam Suru Dudhawa Mahanadi
Jammu Dumkhar
and Indus River Jawahar Sagar Chambal
Hydroelectric
Kashmir Dam Rajasthan
Uri Hydroelectric Jhelum River Rana Pratap Sagar Chambal
Dulhasti dam Chenab river Jawai Jawai River
Tipaimukh Dam
(disputed b/W
Pakal dul Dam Marusudar Manipur Barak river
India and
bangladesh)
Tunga Bhadra Tungabhadra Malampuzha Dam Malampuzha
Linganamakki Sharavathi River Peechi Dam Manali River
Kadra Dam Kalinadi River Idukki Dam Periyar River
Alamatti Dam Krishna River Kundala Dam Kundala Lake
Karnatak Kalinadi or Kali
Supa Dam Parambikulam Parambikulam
a river
Kerala
Krishna Raja
Kaveri River Walayar Dam Walayar River
Sagara Dam
Harangi Dam Harangi River Mullaperiyar Dam Periyar River
Narayanpur Dam Krishna River Neyyar Dam Neyyar River
Kodasalli Dam Kali River Banasura Sagar Kabini
Maithon Dam Barakar River

Jharkhand Tilaiya Dam Barakar River

Chandil Dam Swarnarekha

Panchet Dam Damodar River

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