List of Seven Highest Dams In India
1. Tehri Dam – Uttarakhand
-It is the highest dam in India & 8th highest dam in the world.
2.Bhakra Dam – Himachal Pradesh
-Largest dam of India and highest gravity dam in the world.
-The Bhakra – Nangal Dam is a joint venture of the governments of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab.
-Its reservoir, known as the "Gobind Sagar Lake", is the second largest reservoir in India, stores up to 9.34 billion cubic metres of water.
-One of the longest earthen dam (26 kms) in the world.
4. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam – Andhra Pradesh
-It is the world's largest masonry dam.
-Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is certainly the pride of India-considered the largest man-made lake in the world.
5. Sardar Sarovar Dam – Gujarat
-It is second largest concrete gravity dam (by volume) on the Narmada River near Navagam in Gujarat.
-The dam has the world's third-largest spillway discharging capacity.
6. Indirasagar Dam – Madhya Pradesh
–The largest reservoir in India with a capacity of 12.22 billion cubic meter.
7. Bhavanisagar Dam – Tamil Nadu
-First major irrigation project initiated in India after independence in 1947 and was completed by 1956.
|
Dam |
State |
Built on River |
capacity |
Height |
Length |
Reservoir Capacity |
|
Tehri Dam |
Uttarakhand |
Bhagirathi River |
1,000 MW |
260 m |
575 m |
2,100,000 acre ft |
|
Bhakra Dam |
Himachal Pradesh |
Sutlej River |
1,350 MW |
225.55 m |
518.25 m |
9.34 billion cubic metres |
|
Hirakud Dam |
Orissa |
Mahanadi River |
347.5 MW |
60.96 m |
25.8 km |
|
|
NagarjunaSagar Dam |
Andhra Pradesh |
Krishna River |
815.6 MW |
150 m |
1.6 km |
11,472,000,000 cubic metres. |
|
Sardar Sarovar Dam |
Gujarat |
Narmada River |
1,450 MW |
138.7 |
|
|
|
Indirasagar Dam |
Madhya Pradesh |
Narmada Rive |
1000 MW |
92 m |
653 m |
12.22 billion cu m. |
|
Bhavanisagar Dam |
Tamil Nadu |
Bhavani River |
|
32 m |
|
32.8 tmc |
