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SAILENT FEATURES OF IMPORTANT DAMS OF INDIA
TOP 5 BIGGEST DAM IN INDIA
Bhakra Dam
Location: Across river Sutlej at the foot of Shivalik Hills in Himachal Pradesh
Type: Straight gravity, concrete dam
Length: 518 m Max.
Height: 226 m
Reservoir:
Gross Storage: 9867.8 M.cu.m
Live storage: 7770.9 M.cu.m
Benefit: Irrigation: 1.48 M.ha (In Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan)
Power: Left bank 5 units of 90 MW each, Right bank 5 units of 120 MW each
Nagarjunasagar Dam
Location: Across river Krishna near Nandikonda village in Nalgonda district about 144 km from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh
Type: Stone masonry and earthen dam
Length:
Stone masonry: 1450 m,
Earthen: 3414.6 m Max.
Height: 124.7 m
Reservoir:
Gross storage: 11538.7 M.cu.m.,
Live storage: 6797 M.cu.m
Benefit: Irrigation: 0.83 M.ha
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam
Location: Across river Chambal 51.5 km upstream of Kota Barrage and 56.33 km downstream of Gandhi Sagar Dam
Type: Stone masonry gravity dam
Length: 1143.29 m Max.
Height: 53.96 m
Reservoir:
Gross storage: 2900 M.cu.m.,
Live storage: 1567 M.cu.m
Benefit: Irrigation: 0.1214 M.ha (In Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan from Kota Barrage),
Power: 4 units of 43000 kW each
Gandhi Sagar Dam
Location: Across river Chambal about 8 km downstream of Chaurasigarh fort in Mandsaur district near Jhalawar Road Railway station in Madhya Pradesh
Type: Straight gravity stone masonry dam
Length: 514 m Max.
Height: 63.7 m
Reservoir:
Gross storage: 7746 M.cu.m.,
Live storage: 6920 M.cu.m
Benefit: Irrigation: 222 585 ha. (In Madhya Pradesh from Kota Barrage),
Power: 5 units of 23000 kW each
