Rihand Dam: Key Facts
Rihand Dam
is one of the major dam in India. Rihand Dam is also known as "Govind
Ballabh Pant sagar". It is built on Son River and the Dam is located near
Pipari, Sonbhadra U.P.
The
construction of this dam was started in 1954 and the construction was completed
in 1962.
The water
reservoir capacity of this dam is around 10.6 billion cubic metric but active
capacity of this dam is 8.9 billion cubic metres.
The
construction of this dam is based on concrete gravity with total length of 935
meter (approx) with total Height of 92 meter (approx).
Some of the key facts are :-
·
Height : 91
meter (299 ft)
·
Length : 934 meter
·
Construction begun :
1954
·
Opening date : 1962
·
Type : Concrete gravity dam
·
Location : Pipari, Sonbhadra, U.P
·
River : Rihand River
·
Installed Capacity : 300 MW
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