Ajan Dam

      History: Located at Bharatpur, Ajan Dam is an earthen dam which was constructed in 1760. It was constructed to protect Bharatpur from the annual vagary of nature. The depression created by extraction of soil for the dam was cleared and this became the Keoladeo [...]

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Bhavanisagar Dam (Lower Bhavani Dam)

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River(Impounds): Bhavani Location: Erode District, Tamil Nadu Opening: 1955 Height: 62 M Length: 8797 M Total Capacity: 4960 TCM HISTORY: Bhavanisagar Dam [...]

Sholaiyar Dam

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River(Impounds): Sholaiyar river Location: Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu Opening: 1971 Height: 105 M Length: 1244 M HISTORY: Upper Solaiyar or Upper [...]

Mettur Dam

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River(Impounds): Kaveri River Location: Mettur, Salem District, Tamil Nadu Opening: 1934 Height: 37 m Length: 1,700 m Total Capacity: 93.4 tmc ft HISTORY: The [...]

Bisalpur Dam

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River(Impounds): Banas River Location: Tonk district, Rajasthan, Opening: 1999 Height: 39.5 m Length: 574 m Total Capacity: 891,785 [...]

Mahai Bajaj sagar Dam

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River(Impounds): Mahi River Location: Banswara district in Rajasthan Opening: 1983 Height: 43 m Length: 3,062 m Total Capacity: 1,680,000 [...]

Rana pratap Sager Dam

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River(Impounds): Chambal River Location: Chittorgarh district in Rajasthan Opening: 1970 Height: 53.8 metres Length: 1,143 metres Total Capacity: [...]

Shahpur Kandi Dam

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HISTORY: Located in Gurdaspur district, the project will be constructed on the canal from Shahpurkandi Barrage to Madhopur headworks, downstream of the existing Ranjit [...]

Damsal Dam

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HISTORY: Damsal Dam is an earth-fill dam in Mehingrowal of Hoshiarpur district, northern India. It is on the seasonal Damsal River and primarily serves for flood control [...]

Ranjit Sagar Dam (Thein Dam)

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River(Impounds): Ravi River Location: Pathankot district in Punjab Opening: 2001 Height: 160 m Length: 617 m Total Capacity: 2,659,139 [...]

Podagada Dam

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River(Impounds): Podagada River Location: Naurangapur, Bhadrak District in Odisha Opening: 1996 Height: 77.50 M Length: 462 [...]