Some Typical Dams of India |
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acre-ft Andhra Pradesh bank command area bank main canal basalt basin Bhakra Dam block borrow area catchment channel Cheruthoni clay shale band concrete contact grouting core trench crores cumecs cusecs cut-off deep depth downstream drainage drilled and grouted earth dam Engineer excavation Figure flood foundation rock geological granite gravity dam grout holes grouting Gujarat height high dam Himachal Pradesh holes were drilled Idukki Dam irrigation and power joint Kakrapar Kakrapar weir Kathore Kerala key trench kg/cm² Krishna lakh lakh acres length Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra masonry dam maximum miles million monsoon Nandikonda Nangal Pennar Periyar PG,TE plastic gougy seams plastic seam power house Pradesh PG Pradesh TE,PG Punjab quartzites rainfall reservoir river bed portion runoff Sagar sand rock band shaft soil spillway sq km Surat Taluka toe weights tunnel Ukai Dam Ukai Project unit hydrograph upstream upto utilisation Uttar Pradesh width