Rihand Dam, Sonbhadra: History, Location, River, Length, State
Rihand Dam generates just 300 MW of electricity — a modest figure by the standards of India’s major hydroelectric projects. Yet this same dam is arguably one of the most economically consequential pieces of infrastructure in northern India, because…
Salal Dam, Reasi: History, Location, River, Length, State
Long before Baglihar Dam became the subject of India-Pakistan arbitration, Salal Dam had already set the precedent — becoming the very first hydropower project India built in Jammu and Kashmir under the Indus Waters Treaty framework, and the first…
Salaulim Dam, Sanguem: History, Location, River, Length, State
Every tap in South Goa’s beach resorts, restaurants, and homes traces back to a single reservoir most tourists have never heard of. Salaulim Dam, Goa’s largest manmade water storage body, quietly supplies the drinking water that keeps the…
Sathanur Dam, Tiruvannamalai: History, Location, River, Length, State
When Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru personally inaugurated Sathanur Dam on 14 October 1958, the project had already been shaped by one of India’s most celebrated irrigation engineers, Dr. K.L. Rao, who would later go on to serve as the…
Indrapuri Dam Dehri On Sone: History, Location, River, Length, State
Only three barrages on Earth stretch longer than Indrapuri, and fittingly, the same construction company responsible for the world’s longest — the Farakka Barrage — also built this one. But Indrapuri’s real story predates its 1968 completion…
Indira Sagar Dam Khandwa: History, Location, River, Length, State
Ask most Indians to name the country’s biggest dam, and Bhakra or Sardar Sarovar usually comes to mind first. But by the measure that actually matters most for water security — total reservoir volume — neither holds the title. That distinction…
Idukki Dam Idukki: History, Location, River, Length, State
According to legend, when Lord Rama caught a tribal couple named Kuravan and Kurathi staring at Sita bathing in the Periyar River, he cursed them to become two granite hills, forever separated by the flowing water between them — promising only that they…
Hirakud Dam Odisha: History, Location, River, Length, State
Two watchtowers stand at opposite ends of the world’s longest earthen dam — Gandhi Minar to the north, Nehru Minar to the south — and the nearly 26 kilometres of earth and concrete stretching between them quite literally joins the two men most…
Harangi Dam Kodagu: History, Location, River, Length, State
Long before the Kaveri crosses into Tamil Nadu and becomes the centre of one of India’s most contested interstate water disputes, it picks up its very first significant tributary in the misty hills of Kodagu — and that tributary has its own dam.…
Latratu Dam, Khunti District: History, Location, River, Length, State
When Jharkhand’s Chief Minister Hemant Soren wanted somewhere quiet to spend an afternoon with his entire council of ministers and MLAs, he chose Latratu Dam — arriving on 27 August, boating across the reservoir for nearly two hours, and…