Mandira Dam boka dam is located near Kansbahal in Sundergarh district,

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

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. It is built across

Sankh river The Sankh River flows across Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha states in India. The river flows for before it meets the Koel River in Odisha. Course The river starts above sea level in Lupungpat village in Gumla district in Jharkhand and f ...

, located 16 km upstream from Mandira. The water from the dam is used for

Rourkela Steel Plant Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), in Rourkela, Odisha is the first integrated steel plant in the public sector in India. It was set up with West Germany collaboration with an installed capacity of 1 million tonnes in the 1960s. It is operated by Stee ...

. Construction of the dam began after 1957. The dam displaced 2400 families and only 843 were resettled.

Tourism

The reservoir offers boating facilities for tourists and the nearest railway station is located in Kansbahal on the Howrah-Mumbai main line of South Eastern Railway. Rourkela is the closest junction station. The dam can be reached from Kansbahal and Rourkela by two wheeler, private cars, taxis, auto rickshaws and irregular bus service.Encyclopedia of Tourism Resources in India by Manohar Sajnani
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Mandira Dam in wikimapia
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