Rihand Dam also known as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the second largest dam of India by volume (storage) next only to Indirasagar Dam of Madhya Pradesh. The reservoir of Rihand Dam is called Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar and is India's largest artificial lake.[4] Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity dam located at Pipri in Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh, India.[5] Its reservoir area is on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Rihand River, a tributary of the Son River. The catchment area of this dam extends over Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh whereas it supplies irrigation water in Bihar located downstream of the river.
^"India: National Register of Large Dams 2009" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
RihandDam also known as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the second largest dam of India by volume (storage) next only to Indirasagar Dam of Madhya Pradesh...
rivers join the Rihand reservoir such as the Kanchan, the Mayar and the Azir of Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh. The RihandDam was constructed across...
years of age. Chairman-Digvijay Pratap Singh RihandDam (Hindi: रिहन्द बांध) is a concrete gravity dam located at Pipri in Sonbhadra District in Uttar...
in the forest. In the late fifties, a large scale dam banked up the water of the River Rihand. The dam known as Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar was inaugurated...
Renukoot is a Town. It is well known for the Hindalco aluminium plant and RihandDam. It is situated in eastern Uttar Pradesh and shares borders with the states...
ancillary unit at Chunar from 1980. A big dam constructed at Pipri in 1961 is named RihandDam; another small dam was constructed at Obra in 1968.[citation...
long, is one of the longest Indian rivers. Its chief tributaries are the Rihand, Kanhar and the North Koel. The Son has a steep gradient (35–55 cm per km)...
International Circuit The Imperial (Mumbai) Bhavnagar Thermal Power Station RihandDam Solar PV Park Taj Hotels Oberoi Hotels ITC Hotels Marriott Hotels Mahatma...
about 76 km from Robertsganj on Renukut-Shaktinagar Road, 1 km ahead of RihandDam in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The Vandevi temple is dedicated...
Rihand Nagar is a township, named after the Rihand River, a tributary of the Sone River. It is located near Bijpur and lies in the Sonebhadra district...
and operate dams. List of dams and reservoirs in India List of reservoirs by volume National Register of Large Dam -2019 "Statewise dams in India" (PDF)...
the power plants in the area are:Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station, Rihand Thermal Power Station, Anpara Thermal Power Station, Obra Thermal Power...
033 metres (3,389 ft). Central Surguja is a low basin through which the Rihand and its tributaries flow. The soil of the Surguja District can be broadly...
Son View Point Dhandhraul Dam Salkhan Fossils Park Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary Shivdwar Renukeshwar Mahadev Temple RihandDam Jwaladevi Temple Gaon Girav...
Convent School Wescott Public School Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Masaria Dam St. Ignatius School, founded in 1935 and administered by the Jesuits, has...
Bansagar or Ban Sagar Dam is a multipurpose river Valley Project on Sone River situated in the Ganges Basin in Madhya Pradesh, India with both irrigation...
Subarnarekha river and its tributaries constitute the local river system. Dams in Kanke, Rukka and Hatia have been built over these channels to cater to...
high dam, from which water will be released for picking up by the Mohammadganj Barrage and Indrapuri Barrage. This Dam will be known as Kutku Dam. Hydro-electric...
manufacturing region in Asia, Sonbhadra Churk Cement Factory – 800 tonnes per day RihandDam, Sonbhadra Pipri – 300 MW of electricity, Reservoir for Power Plants Hindalco...
preservation of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Bansagar or Ban Sagar Dam is a multipurpose river Valley project on Son River situated in the Ganges...
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