"Top 10 Dam of India"

1. POORNIMA INSTITUTE OF
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
DAMS OF
INDIA
Presented By:
MD ZAHID SIDDIUI

2. Dam is a solid barrier constructed at a suitable location
across a river valley to store flowing water.
• Dam is a solid barrier constructed at a suitable location
across a river valley to store flowing water.
• Storage of water is utilized for following objectives:
• Hydropower
• Irrigation
• Water for domestic consumption
• Drought and flood control
• For navigational facilities
• Other additional utilization is to develop fisheries

3. TYPES OF DAMS
• Gravity Dams:
• These dams are heavy
and massive wall-like
structures of concrete
in which the whole
weight acts vertically
downwards
Reservoir
Force
As the entire load is transmitted on the small area of foundation, such dams are constructed
where rocks are competent and stable.

4. • Bhakra Dam is the highest
Concrete Gravity dam in
Asia and Second Highest in
the world.
• Bhakra Dam is across river
Sutlej in Himachal Pradesh
• The construction of this
project was started in the
year 1948 and was
completed in 1963 .
• It is 740 ft. high above the deepest foundation as straight concrete dam being more than three
times the height of Qutab Minar.
• Length at top 518.16 m (1700 feet); Width at base 190.5 m (625 feet), and at the top is 9.14 m (30
feet)
• Bhakra Dam is the highest Concrete Gravity dam in Asia and Second Highest in the world.

5. Buttress Dam:
• Buttress Dam – Is a
gravity dam reinforced by
structural supports
• Buttress - a support that
transmits a force from a
roof or wall to another
supporting structure
This type of structure can be considered even if the foundation rocks are little weaker

6. • This shape helps to transmit
the major part of the water
load to the abutments
• Arch dams are built across
narrow, deep river gorges, but
now in recent years they have
been considered even for little
wider valleys.
• These type of dams are
concrete or masonry dams
which are curved or convex
upstream in plan
Arch Dams:

7. Earth Dams:
• They are trapezoidal in shape
• Earth dams are constructed
where the foundation or the
underlying material or rocks
are weak to support the
masonry dam or where the
suitable competent rocks are
at greater depth.
• Earthen dams are relatively
smaller in height and broad
at the base
• They are mainly built with
clay, sand and gravel, hence
they are also known as Earth
fill dam or Rock fill dam

8.  Height: 260 meters
 Length: 575 meters
 Type: Earth and rock-fill
 Reservoir Capacity: 2,100,000 acre·ft
 River: Bhagirathi River
 Location: Uttarakhand
 Installed capacity: 1,000 MW

9. BHAKRA NANGAL DAM
 Height: 226 meters
 Length: 520 meters
 Type: Concrete gravity
 Reservoir Capacity: 7,501,775 acre·ft
 River: Sutlej River
 Location: Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
 Installed capacity: 1325 MW

10.  Height: 60.96 meters
 Length: 25.8 km
 Type: Composite Dam
 Reservoir Capacity: 4,779,965 acre·ft
 River: Mahanadi River
 Location: Orissa
 Installed capacity: 307.5 MW

11.  Height: 124 meters
 Length:1,450 meters
 Type: Masonry Dam
 Reservoir Capacity: 9,371,845 acre·ft
 River: Krishna River
 Location: Andhra Pradesh
 Installed capacity: 816 MW

12.  Height: 163 meters
 Length:1,210 meters
 Type: Gravity Dam
 Reservoir Capacity: 7,701,775 acre·ft
 River: Narmada River
 Location: Gujarat
 Installed capacity: 1,450 MW

13. CHERUTHONI DAM
 Height: 138.2 meters
 Length:650.9meters
 Type: Gravity Dam
 Reservoir Capacity: 434,542 acre·ft
 River: Periyar River
 Location: Kerala
 Capacity(acre ft): 1,618,184

14.  Height: 92 meters
 Length:653 meters
 Type: Gravity Dam
 River: Narmada River
 Location: Madhya Pradesh
InstalledCapacity: 100MW

15. KRISHNARAJASAGAR DAM
 Height: 225 meters
 Length:3500 meters
 Type: Gravity Dam
 River: Kaveri River
 Location: Karnataka
 Capacity(Cubic Km): 1.4

16. MAITHON DAM
 Height: 50meters
 Length:4789 meters
 Type: Gravity Dam
 Reservoir Capacity: 65 square km
 River: Brakar River
 Location: Dhanbad,Jharkhand

17.  Height: 168.91 meters
 Length:365.85 meters
 Type: Arch Dam
 Reservoir Capacity: 1,618,184acre·ft
 River:Periyar River
 Location: Kerala
 Installed capacity: 780 MW

18. THANK YOU…!!!!!!