Pong Dam
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The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River in Khatiyar, Kangra district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India, just upstream of Talwara. The purpose
Pong Dam sunset view from uphill
Maharana Pratap Sagar
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Maharana Pratap Sagar, also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake, is a large reservoir in Fatehpur, Jawali and Dehra tehsil of Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. It was cre
Pong Dam
…began in 1961 and was completed in 1974. At the time of its completion, the Pong Dam was the tallest of its type in India. The lake created by the dam, Maharana Pratap Sagar, became a renowned bird sanctuary. The idea for a dam on the Beas at the Pong site was first proposed in 1926 and subsequent surveys of the Indus River…
The reservoir
Fishing in dam
Black stork
Bar-headed geese in flight near Nagrota Surian, January 2020