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Details of select large dams: 1991
| Name of the dam |
State |
Year of completion |
Type of dam |
Height above lowest foundation(metres) |
Reservoir capacity (cubic metres) |
| Balimela |
Orissa |
1977 |
Earth dam |
- |
36,100 |
| Bhakra |
Himachal Pradesh |
1963 |
Gravity dam |
226 |
96,210 |
| Chamera |
Himachal Pradesh |
Under construction |
Gravity dam |
141 |
- |
| Cheruthoni |
Kerala |
1976 |
Gravity dam |
138 |
- |
| Damanganga |
Gujarat |
Under construction |
Earth dam, gravity dam |
- |
- |
| Dantiwada |
Gujarat |
1965 |
Earth dam |
- |
- |
| Highwavy's dam |
Tamil Nadu |
1979 |
Earth dams, gravity dam |
- |
- |
| Hirakud |
Orissa |
1957 |
Gravity dam, earth dam |
- |
81,050 |
| Idamalayar |
Kerala |
1986 |
Gravity dam |
100 |
- |
| Idukki |
Kerala |
1974 |
Arch dam |
169 |
- |
| Kakki |
Kerala |
1966 |
Gravity dam |
110 |
- |
| Kangsavati Kumari |
West Bengal |
1965 |
Earth dam |
- |
- |
| Kerjan (lower) |
Gujarat |
Under construction |
Gravity dam |
100 |
- |
| Kishau |
Uttar Pradesh |
Under construction |
Earth dam, rockfill dam |
253 |
- |
| Koyna (Shivaji Sagar) |
Maharashtra |
1961 |
Gravity dam |
103 |
- |
| Kulamavu |
Kerala |
1977 |
Gravity dam |
100 |
- |
| Lakhwar |
Uttar Pradesh |
Under construction |
Gravity dam |
192 |
- |
| Linganna Makki (Sharavathy project) |
Karnataka |
1965 |
Gravity dam, earth dam |
- |
44,180 |
| Machhanala |
Gujarat |
1982 |
Earth dam, gravity dam |
- |
- |
| Nagarjuna Sagar |
Andhra Pradesh |
1974 |
Earth dam, gravity dam |
125 |
115,500 |
| Paithon (Jayakwadi stage I) |
Maharashtra |
1976 |
Earth dam, gravity dam |
- |
- |
| Pong dam (Beas project) |
Himachal Pradesh |
1974 |
Earth dam |
133 |
85,700 |
| Ramganga |
Uttar Pradesh |
1978 |
Earth dam |
128 |
- |
| Salal |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Under construction |
Gravity dam, rockfill dam |
118 |
- |
| Sardar Sarovar |
Gujarat |
Under construction |
Gravity dam |
163 |
95,000 |
| Sholayar |
Tamil Nadu |
1972 |
Earth dam, gravity dam |
105 |
- |
| Srisailam hydroelectric project |
Andhra Pradesh |
1984 |
Gravity dam |
143 |
87,220 |
| Supa (Mahanadi project reservoir) |
Karnataka |
Under construction |
Gravity dam |
101 |
- |
| Tehri |
Uttar Pradesh |
Under construction |
Earth dam, rockfill dam |
261 |
35,400 |
| Tenu Ghat |
Bihar |
1973 |
Earth dam |
- |
- |
| Thein dam (Ranjit Sagar) |
Punjab |
Under construction |
Earth dam |
160 |
32,800 |
| Ukai |
Gujarat |
1972 |
Earth dam, gravity dam |
- |
85,110 |
| Warna |
Maharashtra |
Under construction |
Earth dam, gravity dam |
- |
- |
| Source: Anon
1991, Some Typical Dams of India, Publication No. 219, Central Board of Irrigation and
Power, New Delhi, pp 47-48. |
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