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Gangrel Dam
Location of Gangrel Dam in India
Country	India
Location	Dhamtari District
Coordinates	20°37′36″N 81°33′36″E / 20.62667°N 81.56000°E / 20.62667; 81.56000
Status	Operational
Opening date	1979
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, earth-fill
Impounds	Mahanadi River
Height	30.5 m (100 ft)
Length	1,830 m (6,004 ft)
Dam volume	1,776,000 m (2,322,920 cu yd)
Spillway capacity	17,230 m/s (608,472 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Ravishankar Reservoir
Total capacity	910,500,000 m (1.190889039×10 cu yd)
Active capacity	766,890,000 m (1.003054250×10 cu yd)
Surface area	95 km (37 sq mi)
Normal elevation	333 m (1,093 ft)

Gangrel Dam officially the Pandit Ravishankar Sagar is located in Chhattisgarh, India. It is built across the Mahanadi River. It is located in Dhamtari district, about 17 km from Dhamtari and about 90 km from Raipur. It is the longest & largest dam in Chhattisgarh. This dam supplies year round irrigation, allowing farmers to harvest two crops per year and key water supplier of Bhilai Steel Plant. The dam also supplies 10 MW of hydro-electric power capacity.

The chief Engineer of this project was Devraj.

Onakona is a popular tourist spot located on the banks of the reservoir.

References

1. "National Register for Large Dams" (PDF). India: Central Water Commission. 2009. pp. 194–197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
2. Chhattisgarh: Gangrel Dam water released into Mahanadi
3. "ओनाकोना बनेगा पर्यटन स्थल". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-12-08.

External links

• Gangrel dam . wikimapia

• Dams in Chhattisgarh
• Dams on the Mahanadi River
• Dhamtari district
• Dams completed in 1979
• 1979 establishments in Madhya Pradesh
• 20th-century architecture in India