The Indira Sagar Dam is the largest dam in
India
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, in terms of volume of water stored in the reservoir. It is located on the
Narmada River at the town of
Narmada Nagar
Narmada Nagar () is a township in Punasa Tehsil in East Nimar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It belongs to Indore division.
It is located 49 km north of District headquarters Khandwa. 14 km from Punasa. 179 km from State ...
,
Punasa
Punasa is a tehsil of Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, India. It had a total population of 236,806 as per the 2011 Census of India.
Punasa is an ancient city, with many places of worship, like many other cities in India. The city is over a thous ...
in the
Khandwa district
Khandwa district, formerly known as the East Nimar district, is a district of the Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Khandwa is the administrative headquarters of the district. Other notable towns in the district include Mundi, H ...
of
Madhya Pradesh
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in
India
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. The foundation stone of the project was laid by the
prime minister of India
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Indira Gandhi
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on 23 October 1984. The construction of the main dam started in 1992. The downstream projects of ISP are
Omkareshwar
Omkareshwar ( IAST: ''Ōṃkārēśvar'') is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in Mandhata, nearby Khandwa city in Khandwa district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the 12 revered Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. ce ...
,
Maheshwar
Maheshwar is a town, near Khargone city in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India. It is located on State Highway-38 ( Khargone city-Barwaha- Bandheri Highway),13.5 km east of National Highway 3 (Agra-Mumbai highway) a ...
, and
Sardar Sarovar Project
The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a concrete gravity dam built on the Narmada River in Navagam near the town of Kevadiya, Narmada District, in the state of Gujarat, India. The dam was constructed to provide water and electricity to four Indian states ...
. To build it, a town of 22,000 people and 100 villages were displaced.
The Project involved construction of a 92 m high and 653 m long concrete
gravity
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dam
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. It provides
irrigation
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to 1,230 square kilometres of land with annual production of 2.7 billion units in the districts of
Khandwa and
Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, and power generation of 1,000 MW (8x125 MW) installed capacity. In terms of storage of water, it is the largest reservoir in India, with capacity of 12.22 billion cu m or 12.2 km³, followed by
Nagarjuna Sagar between
Telangana
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and
Andhra Pradesh
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. The dam was built as a joint venture between Madhya Pradesh irrigation and
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation
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. It was commissioned in May 2005.
NHPC Limited: Indira Sagar Power Station
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Indira Sagar Project
River Narmada, fifth largest river in India, with a river flow length of 1,312 km, originates from Amarkantak in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh. Narmada flows southwestward and after passing through Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and a small stretch in Maharashtra, it drains into the Arabian Sea near the Gulf of Khambhat. Indira Sagar Project (ISP) situated on River Narmada, 12 km from Punasa in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, has been commissioned on 31 March 2005.
Indira Sagar Project is a multipurpose Project with an installed capacity of 1,000 MW, with annual energy generation of 2,698 million units in Stage I, 1,850 million units in Stage II, and 1,515 million units in Stage III, and annual irrigation of 2.65 Lac. Ha on a Culturable Command Area (CCA) of 1.23 Lac. Ha. Total catchment area
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at the dam site is 61,642 km2. Indira Sagar Project is the mother project for the downstream projects on Narmada Basin with the largest reservoir in India, having 12.22 b m3 storage capacity. All the eight units commissioned by March 2005 ahead of schedule while generation from first unit was started from January 2004. The powerhouse is the second-largest surface powerhouse in India.
See also
* List of power stations in India
The total installed power generation capacity in India as on July 31, 2022 is 404,132.95 MW with sector wise & type wise break up as given below.
For the state wise installed power generation capacity, refer to States of India by installed power ...
* Nagarjuna Sagar
* Tehri Dam
With a height of 260.5 m (855 ft) Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India and List of tallest dams, 12th tallest dam in the world. With a total planned installed capacity of 2400 MW, it's the biggest Hydroelectric power plant in India. It is a mult ...
* Hirakud Dam
References
External links
Indira Sagar Power Station at NHPC India
Indira Sagar Dam
National Register of Large Dams (2009)
{{Narmada River dams
Dams in Madhya Pradesh
Khandwa district
Hydroelectric power stations in Madhya Pradesh
Dams on the Narmada River
Dams completed in 2005
2005 establishments in Madhya Pradesh