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Write the name of the dam built on Mahanadi.

Updated On: Oct 11, 2025
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Answer: Hirakud Dam (near Sambalpur, Odisha)

  • Constructed across the Mahanadi River; work began in 1948 and the dam was commissioned in the 1950s.
  • Among the world’s longest earthen dams with long earthen dykes creating the vast Hirakud Reservoir.
  • Multipurpose project: flood control in the Mahanadi delta, irrigation for lakhs of hectares, and hydropower generation.
  • Supports industry and drinking-water supply in western Odisha.
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