Hasdeo Bango Dam is a dam constructed in 1961-62 across the

Hasdeo river Hasdeo River is the largest tributary of Mahanadi River. The river flows in the state of Chhattisgarh. It joins Mahanadi River near Shiladehi (Birra). Hasdeo Bango Dam is constructed across this river. The river originates about above sea level, ...

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

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. It is the longest, widest dam in Chhattisgarh and the first multi-purpose water project in Chhattisgarh. It is located 70 km from Korba,

Korba district Korba District is an administrative district of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The headquarter of this district is Korba. History The district is named for the Korwa tribe that inhabits the northern part of Chhattisgarh. Korba was fo ...

. It has a catchment area of 6,730 km².Hydrology and Water Resources of India by Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P.
/ref> The dam has a large effective storage capacity of 2.89 cubic kms (102.07 tmc ft). It has the capacity to generate 120MW electricity. Hasdeo Bango Dam is constructed across Hasedo river. The river originates about above sea level, at a place about from Sonhat in Koriya district. The total length of the river is ,

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{{Mahanadi Basin Dams in Chhattisgarh Korba, Chhattisgarh Dams completed in 1962 1962 establishments in Madhya Pradesh 20th-century architecture in India

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