Important Dams in India
Longest Dam - Hirakud Dam - Mahanadi River - Odisha
Highest Dam - Tehri Dam –
Bhagirathi River – Uttarakhand
Gobind Sagar – Man made
reservoir situated at Bhakra Nangal Dam – Satlej River – Himachal Pradesh
Alamatti Dam - Krishna River –
Karnataka
Baglihar Dam - Chenab River -
J&K
Ban Sagar Dam – Son River –
Madhya Pradesh
Basava Sagar dam – Cauvery River –
Karnataka
Bhakra Nangal Dam – Satluj River -
Himachal Pradesh
Chamera Dam – Ravi River –
Himachal Pradesh
Dudhawa Dam – Mahanadi River –
Chhattisgarh
Gandhi Sagar Dam - Chambal River -
Madhya Pradesh
Hidkal Dam – Ghataprabha River
– Karnataka
Hirakud Dam - Mahanadi River –
Odisha
Idukki Dam – Periyar River –
Kerala
Indira Sagar Dam – Narmada River -
Madhya Pradesh
Indravati Dam - Indravati River
– Odisha
Jaswant Sagar Dam – Luni River –
Rajasthan
Kishau dam - Tons River – Haryana
Kishenganga Dam – Kishanganga River
– J&K
Koteshwar Dam – Bhagirathi River
– Uttarakhand
Krishna Raja Sagara
Dam - Kaveri
River – Karnataka
KRM Dam - Krishna Raja Sagara Dam – Kaveri
River - Karnataka
Lakhwar-Vyasi Dam – Yamuna River –
Uttarakhand
Mettur Dam – Kaveri River –
Tamil Nadu
Mohanpura Dam – Newaj River –
Madhya Pradesh
Mullaperiyar Dam - Periyar River
- Kerala
Musi Dam – Musi River –
Telangana
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam – Krishna River –
Telangana
Narayanpur Dam - Krishna River –
Karnataka
Nathpa Jhakri Dam - Satluj River -
Himachal Pradesh
Nizam Sagar Dam - Manjira River –
Telangana
Omkareshwar Dam – Narmada River –
Madhya Pradesh
Panchet Dam - Damodar River –
Jharkhand
Polavaram Dam – Godavari River –
Andhra Pradesh
Pong Dam – Beas River -
Himachal Pradesh
Rama Sagar – Godavari River –
Telengana
Rana Pratap Sagar
Dam – Chambal River
– Rajasthan
Ranjit Sagar Dam – Ravi River –
Punjab
Rengali Dam – Brahmani River –
Odisha
Rihand Dam – Rihand River –
Uttar Pradesh
Salal Dam – Chenab River –
J&K
Sardar Sarover Dam – Narmada River –
Gujarat
Singur Dam – Manjira River –
Telengana
Somasila Dam – Penna River –
Andhra Pradesh
Srisailam Dam – Krishna River –
Telangana
Supa Dam – Kalinadi River –
Karnataka
Tawa Dam – Tawa River -
Madhya Pradesh
Tehri Dam – Bhagirathi River –
Uttarakhand
Tenughat – Damodar River –
Jharkhand
Tunga Bhadra Dam - Tungabhadra River
– Karnataka
Ujjani Dam – Bhima River -
Maharashtra
Ukai Dam – Tapi River –
Gujarat
Uri Dam - Jhelum River –
J&K
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