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joint venture made between the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation and
Madhya Pradesh Irrigation.
Specifications of the I ndira Sagar Dam:
● Length of the dam is 2142 feet (653 metres)
● Height of the dam is 302 feet (92 metres)
● Type of the dam is Concrete Gravity type
● Water Reservoir capacity of the dam is 9.8 million acres feet
● The installed capacity of the power generation plant near the dam is 1,000
Megawatt power and provides irrigation to around 1230 sq kms of
agricultural lands of two districts Khargone and Khandwa.
4. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam:
The world’s largest masonry dam was constructed across the river Krishna and
exists as a boundary between two districts, Guntur of Andhra Pradesh state and
Nalgonda of Telangana state. The dam was built in the year 1955 and opened in
1967. After many hurdles before the start of the construction of the dam, it got
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