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…
Ujjani Dam Solapur: History, Location, River, Length, State
Every year around Ashadhi Ekadashi, when lakhs of Warkari pilgrims converge on Pandharpur to bathe in the Chandrabhaga River before the Vitthal temple, one decision taken nearly 200 km upstream can turn their sacred dip into a safety emergency. That…
