India, with its vast network of rivers, is home to some of the largest and most significant dams in the world. These dams in India plays a crucial role in irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, water storage, and flood control. Following is the one liner note of Important Dams in India
Dams in India
- Dams are kind of barrier which act to stop the flow of water. To build dams there are various purposed, such as irrigation, power generation, flood control etc. It is also known multipurpose projects.
- India has 4407 large dams, the third largest in the world after China and US.
- Hirakud Dam of Odisha built on Mahanadi is the longest dam in India.
- The Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) in Tamil Nadu is the oldest dam in India. It is built on the river Kaveri and is about 2000 years old.
- India’s largest river valley project is ‘Bhakra Nangal Dam’ which is in Sutlej River. The place where the water of Bhakra Nangal dam is stored is known as ‘Govind Sagar Lake’.
- Highest Dam in India whose height is 260.5 meters is ‘Tehri Dam’ is in Uttarakhand. Tehri Dam is situated at the confluence of two rivers which are – Bhagirathi and Bhilangana.
- World’s Highest Gravity Dam (226m) is ‘Bhakra Dam’.
- Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru called the multi-purpose river valley project the temple of modern India.
- The project similar to T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority) of USA in India is – Damodar Valley Project.
- Projects provides power for ‘Rourkela Steel Plant’ – Hirakud Dam Project.
- Biggest Irrigation canal of India – Indira Gandhi Canal. This is world’s largest irrigation canal which is completely lined.
- ‘Baglihar Dam’ of Jammu and Kashmir situated on Chenab River.
- ‘Bhakra Nangal Dam’ of Himachal Pradesh / Punjab situated on Sutlej River.
- ‘Chamera Dam’ of Himachal Pradesh situated on Ravi River.
- ‘Dulhasti Dam’ of Jammu and Kashmir situated on Chenab River.
- ‘Farakka Dam’ of West Bengal is situated on Ganga River.
- ‘Gandhi Sagar Dam’ of Madhya Pradesh is situated on Chambal River.
- ‘Hirakud Dam’ of Odisha situated on Mahanadi River. Hirakud dam is built near Sabalpur city in Odisha.
- ‘Hidkal Dam’ of Karnataka is situated on Ghatprabha River.
- ‘Idukki Dam’ of Kerala is situated on Periyar River.
- ‘Hathni Kund Dam’ is built on Yamuna River.
- ‘Kalindi Dam’ of Karnataka is situated on Kalindi River.
- ‘Kishanganga Dam’ of Jammu and Kashmir is situated on Jhelum River.
- ‘Mahatam Gandhi Hydroelectric Dam’ of Karnataka is situated at Sharavati River.
- ‘Mettur Dam’ of Tamil Nadu situated on Kaveri River.
- ‘Maithon Dam’ of Jharkhand situated on Barakar River.
- ‘Nizam Sagar Dam’ of Andhra Pradesh situated on Manjira River.
- ‘Omkareshwar Dam’ of Madhya Pradesh situated on Narmada River.
- ‘Sardar Sarovar Dam’ of Gujarat situated on Narmada River.
- ‘Srisailam Dam’ of Andhra Pradesh is situated on Krishna River.
- ‘Tilaiya Dam’ of Jharkhand situated on Barakar River.
- ‘Tehri Dam’ of Uttarakhand situated on thee confluence od Bhagirathi and Bhilangana River’.
- ‘Thein Dam or Ranjit Dam’ of Punjab situated on Ravi River.
- ‘Tanakpur Dam’ of Uttarakhand is situated on Sharda River or Mahakali River.
- ‘Tulbul Dam’ of Jammu and Kashmir is situated on Jhelum River.
- ‘Uri Dam’ of Jammu and Kashmir is situated on Jhelum River.
- ‘Jawahar Sagar Dam’ of Rajasthan is situated on Chambal River.
- ‘Cofferdam’ type dam is a temporary dam built to exclude water from a specific area.
- ‘Almatti Dam’ of Karnataka is situated on Krishna River.
- ‘Pong Dam’ of Himachal Pradesh is situated on Beas River.
- ‘Rihand or Govind Ballabh Sagar Dam’ of Uttar Pradesh is situated on Son River.
- ‘Rani Laxmibai Dam’ of Uttar Pradesh is situated on Betwa River.
- ‘Rana Pratap Sagar Dam’ of Rajasthan is situated on Chambal River.
- ‘Salal Dam’ of Jammu and Kashmir is situated on Chenab River.
- ‘Sivasamudram Dam’ of Karnataka situated on Kaveri River.
- ‘Sabargiri Dam’ of Kerala is situated on Pamba River.
- ‘Ukai Dam’ of Gujarat is situated on Tapti River.
- ‘Bhima Dam’ of Maharashtra is situated on Pavana River.
- ‘Balimela Dam’ of Odisha is situated on Sileru River.
- ‘Ban Sagar Dam’ of Madhya Pradesh is situated on Son River.
- ‘Raja Lakhmagouda Dam or Hidkal Dam’ of Karnataka is situated on Ghatprapbha River.
- ‘Dhom Dam’ of Maharashtra situated on Krishna River.
- ‘Nathpa-Jhakri Dam’ of Himachal Pradesh situated on Sutlej River.
- Harike Barrage Dam’ of Punjab situated on Satluj and Beas River.
- ‘Indira Sagar Dam’ of Madhya Pradesh situated on Narmada River.
- ‘Jayakwadi Dam’ of Maharashtra situated on Godavari River.
- ‘Kishau Dam’ of Himachal Pradesh / Uttarakhand situated on Tons River.
- ‘Kadana Dam’ of Gujarat situated on Mahi River.
- ‘Kol Dam’ of Himachal Pradesh situated on Satluj River.
- ‘Krishna Sagar Dam’ of Karnataka situated on Kaveri River.
- ‘Koel-Karo Dam’ of Jharkhand situated on Koel River and North Karo River.
- ‘Panchet Dam’ of West Bengal situated on Damodar River.
- ‘Upper Penganga Dam’ of Maharashtra situated on Penganga River.
- ‘Bargi Dam’ of Madhya Pradesh situated on Narmada River.
- ‘Bhadra Dam’ of Karnataka situated on Bhadra River.
- ‘Chambal Dam’ of Rajasthan is situated on Chambal River.
- ‘Damodar Dam’ of Jharkhand and West Bengal situated on Damodar River.
- ‘Gandak Dam’ of Bihar situated on Gandak River.
- ‘Ghatprabha Dam’ of Karnataka is situated on Ghatprabha River.
- ‘Girna Dam’ of Maharashtra is situated on Girna River.
- Indira Gandhi Canal Dam’ of Punjab situated on confluence of Satluj and Beas River.
- ‘Kakrapar Dam’ of Gujarat situated on Tapti River.
- ‘Lakhwar Dam’ of Uttarakhand situated on Yamuna River.
- ‘Matatila Dam’ of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh situated on Betwa River.
- ‘Mandi Dam’ of Himachal Pradesh situated on Beas River.
- ‘Shrimaheshwar Hydroelectric Dam’ of Madhya Pradesh situated on Narmada River.
- ‘Nagarjuna Dam’ of Andhra Pradesh is situated on Krishna River.
- ‘Nimoo Bazgo Dam’ of Leh situated on Suru River.
- ‘Pochampad Dam’ of Telangana situated on Godavari River.
- ‘Ramganga Dam’ of Uttarakhand situated on Ramganga River.
- ‘Jawai Dam’ of Rajasthan is situated on Jawai River.
- ‘Koyana Dam’ of Maharashtra situated on Koyana River.
- ‘Malaprabha Dam’ of Karnataka situated on Malaprabha River.
- ‘Mayurakshi Dam’ of West Bengal situated on Mayurakshi River.
- ‘Pykara Dam’ of Tamil Nadu situated on Pykara River.
- ‘Rangit River Dam’ of Sikkim situated on Penganga River.
- ‘Tawa Dam’ of Madhya Pradesh is situated on Tawa River.
- ‘Teesta River Valley Dam’ of Sikkim is situated on Teesta River.
- ‘Umiam Dam’ of Assam is situated on Umiam River.
- ‘Vyas Dam’ of Punjab situated on Beas River.
- ‘Sabarmati Dam’ of Gujarat is situated on Sabarmati River.
