Dams in India

Dams in india have been developing various everlasting and sturdy rivers. Dams of india is continuously providing electricity to all the state of india. Water is a major resource for survival of all human beings. Not only human beings, in fact for entire animal kingdom.

While we talk about largest dams in india, Hirkud dam is the largest dam in india. Which is situated 16 Km far from Sambalpur state of orrisa. Hirkund dam is built across river Mahanadi which is 56 Km long and oldest hydel projects of India built in 1957.

So it is essential to have things that help store water for a long period of time. This is the reason behind the ancestors of India building dams for saving water. Since, India does not get rainfall throughout the year and so it is one of the safety precautions to store water to make sure. it helps during the times of hot sun, summer season.

Also has many dams around the country which are serving the people of India for more than centuries. But the fact is almost sixty percent of dams were build during the period of British rule in India. At the same time the dams build by the Indian kings are also strong enough to store more water. The Tehri Dam, Bhakra Nangal Dam, Hirakud dam and many more are the biggest dam in india.

One of the fine example is king karigalans kallanai situated in south of India, Tamil nadu.Krishna Raja Sagara Dam located in Mandya District near Mysore in Karnataka is a well known tourist spot. Kadra Dam situated in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka is highly enriched with rich cultural heritage.Bhakra Nangal Dam, Krishnarajasagar Dam, Mettur Dam, Damodar Valley Dam, Nagarjunasagar Dam these five dams are major dams in india.

In the east of India, west Bengal over the holy river of oogly the farakka Barrage stands tall in pride.