Dams Located in Andhra Pradesh
Dam | River | Place (District) |
Kalyani Dam | Swarnamukhi River | Tirupati |
Kandaleru Dam | Kandaleru River | Nellore |
Srisailam Dam | Krishna River | Nagarkurnool |
Somasila Dam | Penna River | Nellore |
Veligallu Dam | Papagni River | Kadapa |
Jalaput Dam | Godavari river | Visakhapatnam |
Polavaram dam | Godavari river | West Godavari Dist. |
Nagarjuna Sagar dam | Krishna River | Nalgonda |
Mylavaram dam | Penna river | Kadapa |
List of all Dams of India
Significance of Dams and location of Dams in various states are asked in every government exams like PSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, etc. we find many questions from the dams and reservoirs section. This section is a part of the general awareness paper. Here we are going to provide a complete list of dams and reservoirs with objective questions so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section. In Part -1 we discuss some major dams in India and related frequently asked questions (FAQs).
“Dams are the temples of modern India” – Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Based on the physical features, India has great potential for the construction of dams. India has built around 4300 major dams and water reservoirs. Several projects are also in the work.