Hirakud Dam
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Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 10 kilometres from Sambalpur, in the state of Odisha, in India. It is the longest earthen dam in the world. Behind the dam extends a 55 km long la
Gates of Hirakud Dam
Bird's-eye view of Hirakud Dam
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Ramsar site
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A Ramsar site, also called a Wetland of International Importance, is a wetland site designated under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat. The
Hirakud Dam
…Hirakud Reservoir. It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley projects started after India's independence. Hirakud Reservoir was declared a Ramsar site on 12 October 2021. On 15 March 1946, Sir Hawthorne Lewis, the Governor of Odisha, laid the foundation stone of the Hirakud Dam. A project report was…
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