Dams & Reservoirs

Tehri Dam, built on the Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand, is the highest dam in India with a height of 260.5 meters.

Hirakud Dam is located in Odisha and is built across the Mahanadi River.

Matatila Dam is a major dam located on the Betwa River in the Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Govind Sagar is the reservoir formed by the Bhakra Dam on the Sutlej River in Himachal Pradesh.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a major masonry dam on the Krishna River, located on the border between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Idukki Dam is a double curvature arch dam constructed across the Periyar River in Kerala.

The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River near Navagam, Gujarat.

Jawaharlal Nehru referred to the Bhakra Nangal project as a 'Temple of Modern India' due to its massive scale and impact on development.

Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four major dams built on the Chambal River under the Chambal Valley Project.

Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as Thein Dam, is constructed on the Ravi River on the border of Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir.

The reservoir created by the Rihand Dam in Uttar Pradesh is named Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar.

Mettur Dam is one of the largest dams in India, located across the Kaveri River in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Almatti Dam is a hydroelectric project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka.

Mullaperiyar Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River in Idukki district, Kerala.

Panchet Dam is the largest of the dams under the Damodar Valley Corporation and is located in West Bengal.

The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River in Himachal Pradesh.

Tungabhadra Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Tungabhadra River, operated as a joint project by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Idukki Dam is one of the highest arch dams in Asia, constructed in a narrow gorge between two granite hills.

The Salal Project is a run-of-the-river hydropower project built on the Chenab River in the Reasi district of Jammu & Kashmir.

Ukai Dam, also known as Vallabh Sagar, is the second largest reservoir in Gujarat, built on the Tapti River.

Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Himachal Pradesh and is part of the Bhakra-Nangal project.

Koyna Dam is built on the Koyna River, which is a tributary of the Krishna River in Maharashtra.

Indira Sagar Dam is a multipurpose project located on the Narmada River in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.

Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India, constructed at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Bhilangana rivers in the Himalayan region.

Maithon Dam is located in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand but is primarily noted for its location on the Barakar River near the border of West Bengal.

The Krishnarajasagara Dam is built across the Kaveri River near Mysore in Karnataka.

Gangrel Dam, also known as the R.S. Sagar Dam, is built across the Mahanadi River in the Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh.

Idukki Dam is a double curvature arch dam constructed across the Periyar River between the Kuravan and Kurathi hills.

Ukai Dam, also known as the Vallabh Sagar, is constructed across the Tapti River in Gujarat.

Jayakwadi Dam is a multi-purpose project built across the Godavari River in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is built across the Ravi River on the border of Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir.

Matatila Dam is a masonry dam constructed across the Betwa River in the Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Jawahar Sagar Dam is one of the three major dams on the Chambal River in Rajasthan, the others being Gandhi Sagar and Rana Pratap Sagar.

Srisailam Dam is a major multipurpose project on the Krishna River, providing significant hydroelectric power and irrigation water to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Bisalpur Dam is a gravity dam constructed across the Banas River in the Tonk district of Rajasthan.

Tilaiya Dam, situated in the Koderma district of Jharkhand, was built across the Barakar River.

Ujjani Dam, also known as Bhima Dam, is built across the Bhima River in Solapur district, Maharashtra.

The Upper Indravati Dam is a major dam located in the Kalahandi district of Odisha.

Though located in Kerala, the Mullaperiyar Dam is operated and maintained by the state of Tamil Nadu under a 999-year lease agreement.

Linganamakki Dam is constructed across the Sharavati River in Karnataka and serves as the primary reservoir for the Jog Falls hydroelectric project.

The Pong Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

The Tilaiya Dam, the first of the four multi-purpose dams included in the first phase of the Damodar Valley Corporation, is built across the Barakar River in Jharkhand.

The Sholayar Dam is located in the Thrissur district of Kerala and is part of the Sholayar Hydroelectric Project.

The reservoir created by the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is named Nagarjuna Sagar Lake.

The Lower Bhavani Dam is located in the Erode district of Tamil Nadu and is built across the Bhavani River.

Bansagar Dam is a multipurpose river valley project built on the Son River in the Ganga Basin in Madhya Pradesh.

The reservoir associated with the Sardar Sarovar Dam is named Sardar Sarovar Lake.

The Upper Indravati Project is a multipurpose project consisting of a dam across the Indravati River in Odisha.

The Bargi Dam is one of the first completed dams on the Narmada River, located in the Jabalpur district.

The Gandhi Sagar Dam is located in Madhya Pradesh, while the others are major dams located in Maharashtra.