Massanjore Dam is a

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generating dam over the

Mayurakshi River Mayurakshi River (also called Mor River) is a major river in Jharkhand and West Bengal, India, with a long history of devastating floods. It has its source on Trikut Hills, about from Deoghar in Jharkhand state. It flows through Jharkhand and ...

located at Massanjore near

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in the state of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

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. The Massanjore dam (also called Canada Dam ), across the Mayurakshi, was commissioned in 1955. It was formally inaugurated by Lester B. Pearson, Foreign Minister of Canada. The Mayurakshi River at the dam site has a catchment area of 1869 sq.kmMayurakshi Reservoir Project
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Geography

Location

Massanjore dam at is about upstream from Siuri in

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and is about from

Dam

It is 47.25 m high from its base and is 661.58 m long. The reservoir has an area of when full and has a storage capacity of . The length of the overflow section is 225.60 m and is controlled by 21 bays, each 9.144 m wide. The design discharge is 4.446 cumecs. The full reservoir level is 121.34 m and the flood level is 122.56 m. It cost Rs. 16.10 crore.

Canal

Mayurakshi Left Bank Canal- Length 20.54 kilometres (Lined Canal). Mayurakshi Right Bank Canal-Yet to be constructed.

Finance

The dam was funded by the counterpart

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fund created through supplies of wheat and other materials from Canada for use in India. Canada devoted those rupees to the further development of the Mayurakshi dam project.

Flood reserve

Unfortunately, the Massanjore dam was not allowed to have a flood reserve. In 1956 the state government selectively took over flood control embankments till then maintained by the landlords or local bodies.

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References

{{Hydrography of Jharkhand Dams in Jharkhand Dumka district Dams completed in 1955 1955 establishments in Bihar