Rihand Dam
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Overview
The Rihand dam in Uttar Pradesh forms the Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar. Its power supports the aluminium smelter at Renukoot.
It is in Sonbhadra district at Pipri and was completed in 1962.
Its reservoir, Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is one of the largest man-made lakes in India.
Thermal power plants around it make the area the energy capital of India.
It is a concrete gravity dam.
It supplies water to many thermal power stations in the Singrauli region.
Fly ash and mercury pollution in the reservoir are concerns.
The area is on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Geography and key facts
- Uttar Pradesh
- G.B. Pant Sagar
- Renukoot
- Sonbhadra district
- Completed 1962
- Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar
Why it matters for UPSC
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Note for UPSC
Rihand, Uttar Pradesh; Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar.
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Key facts
- Type
- Dam / reservoir
- State / UT
- Uttar Pradesh
- Basin
- Ganga
- River
- Rihand
- Coordinates
- 24.203°N, 83.008°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
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