The 5 Biggest Dams in India
After independence we have made lots of progress in Dam and water reservoirs, Now India is one of the world’s most prolific dam-builders. Around 4300 large dams already constructed and many more in the pipeline, Almost half of which are more than twenty years old. These dams are major attraction of tourists from all over India. Some facts about the Indian dams are: Tehri Dam is the eighth highest dam in the world. The Idukki dam is the first Indian arch dam in Periyar River Kerala and the largest arch dam in Asia. The Grand Anicut, Kallanai, located on Holy Cavery River in Tamil Nadu, is the oldest dam in the world. Indira Sagar Dam is the Largest Reservoir in India. These dams with the channel provides an ideal environment for wildlife.
Tehri Dam: Tehri Dam located on the Bhagirathi River, Uttaranchal Now become Uttarakhand. Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India,With a height of 261 meters and the eighth tallest dam in the world. The high rock and earth-fill embankment dam first phase was completed in 2006 and other two phases are under construction. The Dam water reservoir use for irrigation, municipal water supply and the generation of 1,000 MW of hydroelectricity. 
Bhakra Nangal Dam: Bhakra Nangal Dam is a gravity dam across the sutlej river Himachal Pradesh. Bhakra Nangal is the largest dam in India, with a height of 225 meters and second largest Dam in Asia. Its reservoir, known as the “Gobind Sagar Lake” it is the second largest reservoir in India, the first being Indira Sagar dam.
Hirakud Dam: Hirakud dam built across the Mahanadi River in tribal state Orissa. Hirakud Dam is one of the longest dams in the world about 26 km in length. There are two observation towers on the dam one is “Gandhi Minar” and another one is “Nehru Minar”. The Hirakud Reservoir is 55 km long used as multipurpose scheme intended for flood control, irrigation and power generation. It was one of the major multipurpose river valley project after Independence.
Nagarjunasagar Dam: Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is the world’s largest masonry dam with a height of 124 meters, built across Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is certainly the pride of India-considered the largest man-made lake in the world. The 1.6 km long with 26 gates dam was symbol of modern India’s architectural and technological triumphs over nature.
Sardar Sarovar Dam: Sardar Sarovar Dam also known as “Narmada Dam” is the largest dam to be built, with a height of 163 meters, over the Sacred Narmada River in Gujarat. Drought prone areas of Kutch and Saurashtra will get irrigate by this project. The gravity dam is the largest dam of Narmada Valley Project with power facilities up to 200 MW. The dam is meant to benefit the 4 major states of India Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. 
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Very nice Introduction , I never knew of oldest dam in the world is in India – “The Grand Anicut, Kallanai, located on Cauvery River in Tamil Nadu, is the oldest dam in the world”.
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why namada dam’s hight does not increas upto 195 meter?
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It as 195 hight so only it is called as second larges dam.
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why don’t you include the devastating affect these dams are having on the farmers in India or how the world bank uses the dams to gain power over the citizens of India
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Idukki dam has 169m height..then why it is not included in this list? This is not good.
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second largest Dam in Asia is in india,
world logest dam is in india……………but their is always problem of energy(electricity)
What is use of that dam?
R/sir,
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This website provide a good information for the geologists and civil Engineer . Its a very good collection
of Photographs and informations are given related to the Dams. Its really wonderful.
Prof. ARUN KUMAR SHANDILYA.
Head ,DEPTT. OF APPLIED GEOLOGY,
Dr.HSG UNIVERSITY,SAGAR M.P.
Hello Professor,
Thank you very much for your valuable comment.
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very good information……but what about kongsabati dam? 10km longest dam..probably the longest in india.
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is it possible to get names of dam construction firms in India?
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what ever information u gave is really great but it would be greatest if you have given some information about Indra sagar dam one of the biggest dam in India.
Hi Sharmila,
Indira Sagar Dam is the biggest reservoir in India, located at Madhya Pradesh on the Narmada River.
These dams are the beauty of INDIA
These dams are the main resources to produce electricity in India.
These dams glows our INDIA by producing electricity and the designs of the dams are very good.
We should proud of workers & engineers who constructs these DAMS
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Imp info but capacity should also mention in tmc.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks Abhay, Keep visiting.
Important info,more details should be given.like year of building,estimated cost,project manager,place of dam etc.
it is very difficult to construct a dam, but we did it.
Welldone INDIA.
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Hey BIjendra,
India is one of the best country with some great architecture of Arch Dams, Bridges and Tunnels.
Dams r the societies temples,these r provide us enormous and lot of services like agricultural productivity,development productivity in lower areas,reduction in famines and etc.So government construct many more dams with public participation. Great Article.
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Good collectio of pictures of nature with knowledge
But main length of hirakund dam is 4801 mtr is not given
Thanks Arun for giving here length of Hirakund Dam.
mashallah,
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Thanks for the informations about our rivers and dams.
India is worshipped with great rivers from north to south.The great Himalayan mountain delivers all its water to India and so on civlization flurished here from time imerememorial.
Srisailam Dam built across River Krishna 150 km before Nagarjuna sagar dam is massive and gives terrific look when viewed while traveling through Nallamalla hills towards the dam.
Hello Subbarayan, Thanks for information about Srisailam Dam will add it soon. Can you please send some picture of the same.
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These dams are the beauty of INDIA
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Thanks Nandhita.
Its really an indian engineering marvels and one of the best man made dams in india
SRINIVAS # Hyderabad
i seen all these dams
Good dam (tehri dam)
Very good information and proud on India…
Hi Admin,
It would be very nice if you can collect the Capacity of water that is stored in these Dams in terms of TMC(Thousand million Cubic feet).
Ultimately for any Dam how much ever tall or length it be, the volume of water it can store in terms of TMC matters
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the info will be more usefull if capacity of dams is also given nd time of completion nd amout of power gerated
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