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HIRAKUD DAM
Hirakud Dam is a multipurpose (irrigation, power and flood control) composite
(earth, masonry and concrete) project having a height of 59m and is about 5 km
in length. It is located at Hirakud, Sambalpur district, Orissa. This is a composit
dam and the construction work started just after independence in 1948 and
completed in 1957.
Other important dams are :
a) Lower Bhavani Dam - Tettupallyam, Tamil Nadu on river Bhavani
b) Krishnaraja Sagar Dam - Karnataka, on river Cauvery
c) Ukai Dam - Sonagarh, Gujarat across Tapti
d) Thein Dam - Gurudaspur district, Punjab across river Ravi
e) Tehri Dam - Tehri district, U P
f)
Ramganga Dam - Bijnor, UP across Ramganga
g) Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam - Banswara district, Rajasthan
across Mahi river
h) Ujjani Dam - Sholapur district, Maharashtra across Bhima river
i)
Tungabhadra Dam - Hospet, Karnataka
j)
Dantiwada Dam - Banaskatha district, Gujrat
