Srisailam Dam, Kurnool: History, Location, River, Length, State
Few dams anywhere in India sit this close to genuine religious and ecological significance simultaneously. Srisailam Dam rises barely 1.6 km downstream from a temple that holds the rare distinction of being both a Jyotirlinga and a Shakti Peetha — two of…
Siswan Dam, SAS Nagar (Mohali): History, Location, River, Length, State
Just 16 km from Chandigarh sits a small dam that doubles as a protected community reserve, where wildlife comes to drink from the same reservoir that irrigates nearby farmland — and where visitors can end their trip with bush dining at a restaurant built…
Singur Dam, Sangareddy: History, Location, River, Length, State
When Hyderabad’s water planners looked upstream on the Manjira River for a new drinking water source in the 1970s, the water they wanted was already entirely committed to agriculture — most of it flowing further downstream to feed the historic…
Getalsud Dam Ranchi: History, Location, River, Length, State
Ranchi’s water security doesn’t rest on a single dam — it depends on a working trio spread across the Subarnarekha River, and Getalsud Dam is the one carrying the heaviest industrial load. While nearby Dhurwa and Kanke dams handle drinking…
Tilaiya Dam, Koderma: History, Location, River, Length, State
When Jawaharlal Nehru personally inaugurated Tilaiya Dam on 21 February 1953, he wasn’t just opening a single reservoir — he was marking the completion of independent India’s first-ever multipurpose river valley project, built on a vision an…
Tighra Dam, Gwalior: History, Location, River, Length, State
Two years after Tighra Dam was first built, it failed catastrophically — a collapse that killed an estimated 1,000 people downstream and remains one of the deadliest dam disasters in Indian history. Rebuilt a decade later, the structure would go on to…
Thenmala Dam, Kollam: History, Location, River, Length, State
Long before “ecotourism” became a buzzword in Indian travel marketing, Thenmala had already claimed the title — becoming India’s first officially planned ecotourism destination in 1998, built around a reservoir where three separate…
Tungabhadra Dam Hospet: History, Location, River, Length, State
Tungabhadra Dam near Hospet stands as one of India’s most remarkable engineering achievements from the early years of independence, a structure built almost entirely from mud and limestone at a time when the country was still finding its industrial…
Panshet Dam Pune: History, Location, River, Length, State
Every monsoon weekend, thousands of Puneites drive out to Panshet Dam for boating, water sports, and picnics beside a reservoir locals simply call a scenic escape from the city. Few pause to consider that this same dam, in its very first year of holding…
Patratu Dam Ramgarh: History, Location, River, Length, State
Long before Jharkhand existed as a state, one of India’s most celebrated engineers put his name behind a modest earthen dam meant to solve a very specific industrial problem: keeping a coal-fired power station running without ever running dry. That…